W. Stanley Proctor

W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor (born December 12, 1939) is an American painter and sculptor in Florida who makes bronze figures.

[15] Because of his scrupulous devotion to realistic depictions of humans, Proctor was the personal choice of Axelson's family for the project, and they made that recommendation to the committee.

[5] Additional sculptures of his are also in collections at the Boyds Collection in Pennsylvania, the Colorado National Jewish Center Hospital; the Living Desert Museum in California; depiction of children playing in the Florida Governor's Mansion Children's Park, cast from a clay work;[17][18] Hackensack University Medical Center and the Leon County Courthouse.

[8][19] The Leigh Yawkey Woodson "Wildlife: The Artist's View" show and traveling exhibit of 1993 included Proctor's alabaster sculpture of the endangered manatee.

"[2] Starting in the twenty-first century he is well known for creating sculptures of famous sports figures — a variation of sports iconography — including a nine-foot bronze sculpture of Florida State University's head football coach Bobby Bowden that was dedicated at Doak Campbell Stadium in 2004.

[8] He has also created larger-than-life sculptures of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks football players Danny Wuerffel, Tim Tebow and Steve Spurrier.

[2][23][24][25] After some controversy as to their timing,[26] they were installed and put into place at the University of Florida with a dedication at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on April 9, 2011.

[28][29] Proctor's sculpture "Integration: Books, Bats and Beauty" features a group of three nine-foot figures near Florida State University Student Union.

[30][A] In 2009 Pursuit—featuring three over-sized soccer players that "epitomize the Gopher Sport mission statement"—was dedicated at Owatonna, Minnesota.

[citation needed] In 2014, "Double the Fun" was installed in the Craig R. Rasmussen Outdoor Activity Area of the Ludington Public Library, and the sculptor attended the dedication.

[2] It is awarded annually by the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach, Florida to the athlete who best exemplifies Wuerffel's character on the field of play and in the classroom.