Joe Lee Thompson
Joe Lee Thompson ( 1957 Purcell High School Graduate)
Attended classes at Purcell Booker T. Washington School until racial segregation in the Purcell Schools ended in the Summer of 1955
Letterman Purcell Booker T. Washington Basketball (1954 - 1955)
Letterman Purcell High School Basketball (1955 - 1957 )
Starting Center on the (1955 - 1956) PHS Class B State Semi-Final Basketball Team
Starting Center on the (1956 - 57) PHS Class B State Champion Basketball Team
Selected to the All-Tournament Team for the 1957 Class B State Basketball Tournament.
Selected as the MVP of the 1957 Class B State Basketball Tournament.
Set a Class B State Basketball Tournament record by scoring 101 points during the Dragons three game run to the title. (26 points vs Sentinel) (37 points vs Spiro) (38 points vs. Wyandotte)
Selected to the 1st Team of the Oklahoma High School All-State Basketball Team ( 1956-57 )
Accepted a scholarship to play basketball for the University of Oklahoma
Letterman University of Oklahoma Basketball Team (1959 - 1961)
Recognized as one of the first two African-Americans to receive a scholarship to play basketball for the University of Oklahoma Men's Basketball Team
Elected to the Purcell High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
