the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. In 1975, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. In 1978, Wilkinson returned to coaching with the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL. After less than two disappointing seasons, he was fired, and returned to broadcasting with ESPN. Death Wilkinson suffered a series of minor strokes and, on February 9, 1994, he died of congestive heart failure in St. Louis at the age of 77. He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Personal life Wilkinson was married to the former Mary Schifflet in 1938, with whom he had two sons, Pat and Jay. They divorced in 1975. A year later, he married Donna O'Donnahue, 33 years his junior, who survived him in death. Head coaching record College NFL Notes See also Oklahoma drill References External links Voices of Oklahoma interview with Jay Wilkinson First person interview conducted on February 9, 2012, with Jay Wilkinson about his father, Bud Wilkinson. 1916 births 1994 deaths American football quarterbacks Coaches of American football from Minnesota College football announcers College Football Hall of Fame inductees Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football coaches Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches Minnesota Golden Gophers football players Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players Oklahoma Republicans Oklahoma Sooners athletic directors Oklahoma Sooners football coaches Psi Upsilon Players of American football from Minneapolis Sports coaches from Minneapolis St. Louis Cardinals (football) head coaches Syracuse Orange football coaches United States Navy officers United States Navy personnel of World War II