Kennedy and Watergate to the Penn Square Bank collapse and the bombing of the Alfred P

rose to become arguably the greatest American athlete in the 20th century

But it was his belief in education and the lure of his home state that called him back to Oklahoma

and preserving the heritage of his adopted State of Oklahoma

Courage Counts: The Life of Larry Derryberry Music Kennedy and Watergate to theBy Bob Burke Larry Derryberry was a pint sized 4 H Club boy who grew up on a red dirt tenant cotton farm in southwest Oklahoma and went on to change the entire political landscape of Oklahoma. His story is important to Oklahoma, not only for what historians have reported to us, but for the behind the scenes stories that are told here for the first time and would otherwise have been lost forever. As a youngster, Larry wore plaster casts on both legs