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    Services for legendary Oklahoma prep mat coach Knight

    Services have been announced for Alford Eugene Knight, Jr., longtime high school wrestling coach and teacher in the Oklahoma City Public Schools, who passed away earlier this week at age 71.

    A memorial service will take place Monday, August 6 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Andrews United Community Methodist Church, 2727 SW 119th Street in Oklahoma City.

    Born in Oklahoma City in November 1946, Knight was a three-sport star at U.S. Grant High School, where he wrestled, played football and ran track. After graduating, Knight attended the University of Oklahoma on a football scholarship.

    Knight coached wrestling at Southeast High School from 1973 to 1986 before returning to his high school alma mater where he coached and taught from 1986 to 1998.

    In a quarter-century career as a high school coach, Knight helped produce 25 regional champions, six state champions, seven all-state wrestlers and two high school All-Americans. He was named All-State Wrestling Coach in 1988.

    Knight was inducted into the Oklahoma chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. in 2009.

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