Obit of Ivy, Frank "Pop" - Comanche County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 19 Nov 2006 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Lawton Ritter Gray FH--Lawton OK Lawton Consitituion 22 May 2003 Frank 'Pop' Ivy NORMAN — Memorial service for Frank "Pop" Ivy, 87, Norman, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Episcopal Church, Norman. Mr. Ivy died Saturday, May 17, 2003, in Norman. Arrangements are by Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. He was born Jan. 25, 1916, near Skiatook, to Claude and Rosa Ivy. He grew up in Skiatook, and graduated from Skiatook High School. He attended the University of Oklahoma on a football scholarship. He married Inez Anita Daniel on June 26, 1936. She died in 1994. He played in OU's first bowl game, the Orange Bowl, on New Year's Day 1939, and was selected a First Team All-American that year. After graduating from OU in 1940, he joined the Chicago Cardinals professional football team. In his last season, 1947, the Cardinals were NFL champions. He was an Army Specialist, and served with the 29th Division as a forward observer during World War II. He was awarded the EAME Service Ribbon with four Bronze Service Stars. He served in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhine and German campaigns. On May 5, 1948, he was appointed top assistant to Bud Wilkinson at OU. In 1954, he became head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. His teams won the Grey Cup, the CFL championship, three years in a row. In 1958, he assumed the head coaching duties of the Chicago Cardinals. In 1961, he was named head coach of the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans). In 1964, he was selected for the Silver Anniversary All-American award by Sports Illustrated. After leaving the Oilers, he joined the New York Giants as an assistant coach, and then as a scout until his retirement. He was a member of the "O" Club, the NFL Retired Players Association, and a lifetime member of the Skiatook Masonic Lodge. He was a 32nd-degree Mason. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Lee and Joan, Norman; a daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Art MacHugh, Oklahoma City; four grandchildren and their spouses: Steve and Lauren Ivy, Edmond; Lori and Chad Eley and Matthew McCoy, all of Norman; and David and Kathy Ivy, Allen, Texas; four stepgrandchildren and their spouses: Kim and Kyle Power, Norman; Chuck and Marcia Heirich, Tulsa; Marshall MacHugh and Lindsay and Kyle Strecker, all of Oklahoma City; and 10 great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Jack Ivy. Memorial contributions may be made to St John's Episcopal Church. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html