Fighter, Founder Father Baptist and was in Dallas when

and was in Dallas when President Kennedy was assassinated

and great promoter of Oklahoma City

and the uncertainties and fears arising from

may have provided the team with its greatest reward—learning firsthand that there is much more to life than a championship

Fighter, Founder Father Baptist and was in Dallas whenBy 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,