Mike Oriard Explained
| Mike Oriard |
| Number: | 50 |
| Position: | Center, Guard |
| Birth Date: | 26 May 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 223 |
| High School: | Spokane (WA) Gonzaga Prep |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| Draftyear: | 1970 |
| Draftround: | 5 |
| Draftpick: | 130 |
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| Pfr: | O/OriaMi20 |
Mike Oriard (born May 26, 1948) is a former professional American football player and college administrator and professor.
Early life and education
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
Oriard 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
- Dreaming of Heroes: American Sports Fiction, 1868–1980 (1982)
- Sporting with the Gods: The Rhetoric of Play and Game in American Literature (1991)
- Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle (Cultural Studies of the United States) (1998)
- 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)
- The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football (2009)
- Brand NFL: Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport (2010)
- The Art of Football: The Early Game in the Golden Age of Illustration (2017)
External links
Notes and References
- Jack. Ryan. Book Review: Michael Oriard. The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football. Aethlon . XXV12. Spring–Summer 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612164514/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/Aethlon/2009/AethlonXXVI2/aethlonXXVI2zzr.pdf . 2015-06-12. 2019-12-28.
- Web site: Mike Oriard NFL & AFL Football Statistics . Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- Web site: Dean's Office. College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University.
