Mike Oriard (born May 26, 1948) is a former professional American football player and college administrator and professor.
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| Position: | Center, Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 26, 1948 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 223 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Spokane (WA) Gonzaga Prep |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| NFL draft: | 1970 / round: 5 / pick: 130 |
| Career history | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Early life and education
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Oriard was born in Spokane, Washington. He was a standout athlete at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he was a walk-on player in its football team.[1]
Career
editOriard played offensive lineman for four seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs.[2]
After retiring from football, he earned his PhD at Stanford and became a professor of English and later Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University.[3] His academic work has centered on American sports nonfiction in multiple media.
Works
edit- Dreaming of Heroes: American Sports Fiction, 1868–1980 (1982)
- Sporting with the Gods: The Rhetoric of Play and Game in American Literature (1991) ISBN 9780521391139
- Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle (Cultural Studies of the United States) (1998) ISBN 9780807847510
- King Football: Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press (2001)
- Bowled Over: Big-Time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era (2009) ISBN 9780807833292
- The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football (2009)[1] ISBN 9780252076695
- Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport (2010) ISBN 9780807831427
- The Art of Football: The Early Game in the Golden Age of Illustration (2017) ISBN 9780803290693
References
edit- ^ a b Ryan, Jack (Spring–Summer 2009). "Book Review: Michael Oriard. The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football" (PDF). Aethlon. XXV12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ "Mike Oriard NFL & AFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Dean's Office". College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University.
External links
edit- Michael Oriard Oral History Interview at Oregon State University
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