Billy Carol Pricer

Class of 1953

1953 Maroon SpotlightBilly Pricer
Billy Pricer

Baseball 49-53, Football 49.53, Football Co-Captain 51-52, Wrestling 49-53, State Wrestling Champion 51-52, Outstanding Wrestler At Geary Tournament 50-52, Student Council President 52-53, Junior Play 51-52, Freshman Class President 49-50.

1953 Graduation Edition
Perry Daily Journal

Billy Carol Pricer finished Perry high school with an outstanding record behind him. He is the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pricer, 417 Holly street. Included in his record is president of the student council, 1952-53; Boys State, 1951-52; freshman class president, 1949-50; junior play, 1951-52; senior play, 1952-53; homeroom president, 1947-48; football, 1947-53; wrestling, 1947=53; baseball, 1947-53; and church basketball, 1953. Billy plans to enroll at the University of Oklahoma and play football, baseball, and take part in wrestling. He was an All-State quarterback this year and a two-year state champion wrestler.

Billy Carol Pricer

September 3, 1934 – September 24, 1999

Billy C. Pricer, 65, of Oklahoma City, passed away September 24, 1999. He was born on September 3, 1934, in Perry, Oklahoma to John and Cora Pricer. Billy graduated from Perry High School where he was an All-State football player.

He graduated from the University of Oklahoma where he was the starting fullback on the 1955 and 1956 National Championship teams. He was one of seventeen seniors who will forever be noted as part of Bud Wilkinson’s “Forty-seven Straight All-Victorious Team.” The Sooners never lost a game during Billy’s three varsity years.

For five seasons (1957 to 1961), he played at the fullback position in the National and American Football Leagues with the Baltimore Colts and Dallas Texans. Selected by the Colts during the 1957 NFL Draft, he appeared in 54 regular season games. While with Baltimore, Pricer shared the fullback position and blocking duties with Alan Ameche. He was a contributor to two consecutive Colts’ NFL titles (1958 and 1959), including the 1958 NFL Championship Game (Colts against the New York Giants) referred to as the “Greatest Game Ever Played”. Wherever Billy played, he played as a winner.

He was a successful businessman in Oklahoma City where he owned several businesses over many years. He was a charter member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church where he served in many capacities. Billy was retired at the time of his death.

He is survived by his wife, Sally, daughter, Terri, Nance of Moore, Oklahoma, and son, Rod Pricer, of Edmond, Oklahoma. Other survivors include two sisters, Patty Workman of Perry, Oklahoma, and Norma Standford of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and a brother J. R. Pricer of Enid, Oklahoma.

He is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK.