Fighter, Founder Father Hoops He seemed to find opportunity

He seemed to find opportunity

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and motoring from New York City to Oklahoma City

Fighter, Founder Father Hoops He seemed to find opportunityBy Marshall Snipes and Bob Burke Fresh out of the United States Army Air Force in 1946, Al Snipes came to Oklahoma City to collect a debt. His plan was to return home to North Carolina60 years later Oklahoma remains his home. The stage for Als life was a boxing ring in Oklahoma Citys historic Municipal Auditorium in the 1940s, starting a family in the midst of business struggles in the 1950s, the transformation of the Republican Party in the 1960s,