Chester Pittman, the first Black football player at Oklahoma State, has died.
He was 83.
Pittman arrived in Stillwater in the fall of 1957. He was one of four Black football players in the freshman class, but after the fall semester, the rest failed to make their grades and left campus.
Pittman became a varsity starter as a sophomore in the fall of 1958.
He lettered in 1959.
During a 2009 interview with The Oklahoman, Pittman said he was proud to have been a Cowboy. He even purchased an OSU football jersey with his number on it, No.