They are retiring Jerry O's number!!!

[TU4ever2]

Just the ninth number to be retired.

He earned every bit of it.

Glenn Dobbs, Jerry O, and Nolan Richardson are the three most influential people in our Athletic history. It's great to see Jerry honored as one.

 

[Bill Lowery_1]

Former first-team AP All-American Jerry Ostroski learned on Tuesday that his No. 55 Tulsa Golden Hurricane jersey was being retired. It is a well-deserved honor for the offensive lineman that had a lengthy NFL career and is arguably the best at his position to wear the Blue and Gold.

LINK: Jerry Ostroski

 

[TU_BLA]

I arrived at TU in the Fall of 1992...so all I know about Jerry O's football ability at TU are through old game clips, and then watching the Bills. However, I did meet Jerry in the Spring of 1993 as he returned to TU to finish up some classes. He played on an intramural softball team that was STACKED. He could hit the ball as far as you might imagine a 325 lb NFL O-lineman could hit a softball. Skelly wasn't big enough to hold it. (BTW, he also ran the bases like a 325 lb NFL O-lineman

 

[JesseTU]

Great article from shortly after he retired from the NFL:
https://www.tulsaworld.com/archives...cle_3309f5b1-0b33-5d8b-9890-731510d622ec.html

Awesome gesture. Now maybe he rounds up some friends and we get that sweet, sweet indoor practice facility money.

 

[Weatherdemon]

Way cool man! Way cool!!!

 

[Beware Hurricane Warning]

Way cool man! Way cool!!!

Very well deserved! Congrats to the great Jerry O!