Bob Barry was the voice of Oklahoma football and men?s basketball. He dies yesterday at Age 80 at his home in Norman. Barry retired last spring at the end of the OU basketball season, having spent 50 years calling Division I college games in the state.
Barry became the radio play-by-play voice of the University of Oklahoma in 1961, when he was chosen by football coach Bud Wilkinson. Barry held the job until the team?s radio rights changed in 1972. He returned as the voice of the Sooners in 1991 after providing basketball and football play-by-play for Oklahoma State University and basketball play-by-play for the University of Tulsa in between his OU jobs.
