He was named to the Oklahoma All-State football team and played in the All Stars game and the Oil Bowl.

At OSU, he was part of the Cowboys championship Blue Grass Bowl game which was broadcast by Howard Cosell.

Sonny is described as a "mauling defender" in OSU's Heritage Hall Museum in historic Gallagher-Iba Arena.

His family was featured in many local advertisements including Food Fair and a dairy distributorship.

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