Football: Baseball: Thomas Churchill Sr. (February 26, 1908 – April 29, 1963)[1] was an American star athlete in the 1920s who participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands as a decathlete, and was a multi-sport standout for the University of Oklahoma between 1927–28 and 1929–30.

Churchill participated on the football, track and field, baseball, basketball and swimming teams and was chosen as a scholastic All-American.

[2] He also earned all-state honors in both football and basketball, and he was considered the best all-around high school athlete in the state of Oklahoma.

[5] Churchill also qualified to participate in the 1928 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States track and field team.

Playing at the end position, and occasionally as a running back, he was honored as an all-conference performer and was also named as a third-team All-American by the United Press and Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

[10] The Sooners had great success that season and were crowned co-conference champions under head coach Lawrence Haskell.