Mike McCurdy
Mike McCurdy ( 1970 Purcell High School Graduate )
Letterman Purcell High School Football (1967 - 1969)
Letterman Purcell High School Basketball (1967 - 1970)
Letterman Purcell High School Track (1968 - 1970)
Letterman Purcell High School Baseball (1967 - 1968)
Letterman Purcell High Golf ( 1970 )
3 year starter at Quarterback for PHS Football Team
All-Conference or All-District every year as PHS Football player
Still holds the modern day PHS Football school record of 5 touchdown passes completed in one game against Jones ( 1968 )
Set the modern day PHS Football record of 22 TD passes in one season ( 1968 )
District B-7 Football Player of the Year ( 1969 )
Selected as a Quarterback to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Football Team ( 1969 )
Selected as a High School All-American Football Quarterback ( 1970 )
3 year starter at Guard for PHS Basketball Teams
All Arbuckle Conference Basketball Team (1967 - 68)
Arbuckle Conference Basketball Player of the Year (1968 - 69) and (1969 - 70)
Starting Guard on (1969 - 1970) State Semi-Finalist PHS Basketball Team that went ( 25 - 5 )
All District Baseball player as a Sophomore ( 1968 )
A member of the PHS 440 yard relay team that set a new school record ( 44.4 ) at Regionals and qualified for the Class A State Track Meet in 1970
Acknowledged by Boney Matthews as one of the three best PHS Basketball players (along with Lester Lane and Jimmy Cheadle ) that he ever coached
Selected as a Guard on the 1970 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Basketball Honorable Mention Team.
Accepted Football Scholarship at the University of Oklahoma ( 1970 ). Later changed to a Basketball Scholarship at OU ( 1971)
3 year Letterman University of Oklahoma Basketball Team
Starting Guard University of Oklahoma Basketball Team (1972-73 / 1973-74 / 1974-75)
Defensive Player of the Year University of Oklahoma Basketball Team (1973-74 / 1974-75)
Led the OU Basketball team in steals and free-throw percentage as a Senior (1974-75)
Selected as All-Big 8 Third Team as a senior (1974-75)
An excellent golfer who has won many amateur golf tournaments throughout Oklahoma
Named as a Quarterback on the 1960's PHS All-Decade Football Team by Purcell Football Alumni
Named as a Quarterback on the All-Century (1900 -1999) PHS Football Team by Purcell Football Alumni
Acknowledged by his competition as one of the greatest Oklahoma High School Athletes of the late 1960's and early 1970's
Recognized by his friends and teammates as a singular athletic superstar that made PHS competitive with all opponents no matter what sport they were competing in
