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Oklahoma football: Sooners mourn loss of former All-American J.D. Roberts

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 9: The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, home of the Oklahoma Sooners, is ready for a game against the Iowa State Cyclones on November 9, 2019 at in Norman, Oklahoma. OU held on to win 42-41. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

Sooner fans are mourning the loss of another outstanding member of the Oklahoma football family.

Former consensus All-American J.D. Roberts, a guard on the Oklahoma team from 1951 to 1953, died on Monday in Oklahoma City at the age of 88. He was born in Oklahoma City, but moved to Dallas when he was six-years-old.