NORMAN — Bud Wilkinson tried to talk the original Charlie Brewer into becoming a Sooner. Seemed like a good match. Brewer had led Lubbock High to the Texas state championship in 1951, and his older brother, George, was a halfback on Wilkinson's late ‘40s teams at OU. If the original Charlie Brewer had signed on with the Sooners, who knows...
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