02.04.2007, 08:34
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
31 May 1960
Ellis Bashara Services Set
Norman – Graveside services for Ellis Bashara, University of Oklahoma football player and wrestler of 1931-32-33, will be at 3 p.m. Teusday at the IOOF cemetery here.
Bashara, associated with a supply company at Houston, died of a heart attack there Friday.
He is survived by his wife Jessie and two sons, Wayne, 19, and Mike, 11; his mother, Mrs. D.A. Bashara, Norman, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moudy, Hayward, Calif., Mrs. Ollie Humphreys, and Mrs. Joe Kendall, Riverside, Calif.
In 1933, Bashara made the all-Big Six team at guard and also was chosen on an all-time Oklahoma eleven selected by former sports editors of The Daily Oklahoman. In 1926-27-28, he played for Coach Dewey “Snorter” Luster’s Norman High School Tigers.
A well-remembered Sooner wrestler, he became a prominent pro wrestler and also played pro football with a Memphis team, wrestling twice a week and playing football on Sunday.
At Houston, he was prominent in developing Little League baseball in which both his sons participated.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
31 May 1960
Ellis Bashara Services Set
Norman – Graveside services for Ellis Bashara, University of Oklahoma football player and wrestler of 1931-32-33, will be at 3 p.m. Teusday at the IOOF cemetery here.
Bashara, associated with a supply company at Houston, died of a heart attack there Friday.
He is survived by his wife Jessie and two sons, Wayne, 19, and Mike, 11; his mother, Mrs. D.A. Bashara, Norman, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moudy, Hayward, Calif., Mrs. Ollie Humphreys, and Mrs. Joe Kendall, Riverside, Calif.
In 1933, Bashara made the all-Big Six team at guard and also was chosen on an all-time Oklahoma eleven selected by former sports editors of The Daily Oklahoman. In 1926-27-28, he played for Coach Dewey “Snorter” Luster’s Norman High School Tigers.
A well-remembered Sooner wrestler, he became a prominent pro wrestler and also played pro football with a Memphis team, wrestling twice a week and playing football on Sunday.
At Houston, he was prominent in developing Little League baseball in which both his sons participated.