as several major oil companies bought leases from him. By 1944, Time magazine called the West Edmond field the "greatest concentration of rotary drilling rigs in the world." After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Gutowsky went into the oil business with his father. He also served as the line coach for Oklahoma City University in the late 1940s. Gutwosky died of cancer in December 1976 at Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He was buried in the Kingfisher Cemetery. References External links 1909 births 1976 deaths American contract bridge players American football fullbacks Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players Detroit Lions players Oklahoma City Chiefs football coaches Oklahoma City Chiefs football players Portsmouth Spartans players United States Army personnel of World War II People from Kingfisher, Oklahoma Players of American football from Oklahoma American people of German-Russian descent Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Russian players of American football Deaths from cancer in Oklahoma