I have a unique experience; he was already a TV and becoming a major movie star. My sophomore year in high school in OKC, I was mother's travel companion to the OU-USC football game when my father couldn't take off work at the last minute. It was a chartered plane full of Sooner fans; can't remember name of hotel where we stayed, but was next to the Brown Derby. Anyway, I remember James Garner, a native Norman, Oklahoman and honorary OU alumnus, attending all the OU functions, mingling with the fans and so forth. He was nice! And, OU won the football game that blistering hot Saturday afternoon, moving them into #1 ranking.
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