Bobby Murcer

Historical marker location:

2 S Mickey Mantle Dr, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

( Marker is on South Mickey Mantle Drive north of Johnny Bench Drive, on the right when traveling north.)

May 20, 1946 - July 12, 2008. Oklahoma Centennial '07.

Oklahoma is known as the "Sooner State" because of the land runs that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "Sooners" were people who snuck into the unassigned lands of the Oklahoma Territory before the official opening of the land runs. The term "Sooner" eventually became a nickname for people from Oklahoma.