Bud Wilkinson (center) talks with Sen. Allott (R-Colo.), who is on his right, and Sen. Dominick (R-Colo.) during the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Mr. Wilkinson, the former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners college football team, addressed the convention on Tuesday, July 14th, 1964. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate as a Republican from Oklahoma in 1964.