former head coach of the Central Oklahoma Bronchos football program. Jim Inhofe, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma Brandon Jenkins, singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma who sang in the choir, and taught himself guitar. George Kaiser, chairman of BOK Financial Corporation, philanthropist, ranked as one of the richest people in the world Leroy McGuirk, longtime professional wrestling promoter Shelby Metcalf, head basketball coach at Texas A&M 1963–1990 Les Moss, major-league baseball player, 1946-1958. Ron Padgett, poet & writer, co-founder of The White Dove Review'' as a Central High student Clinton Riggs, former Assistant chief of the Tulsa Police Department. James Robinson Risner, Korean War Flying ace, Vietnam War POW, double recipient of the Air Force Cross Charles Schusterman, oilman, founder of Samson Investment Company; philanthropist, founder of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation. Albert E. Schwab, World War II Medal of Honor recipient John Starks, NBA basketball player Patrick Suppes, philosopher of science Billy Tubbs, college basketball coach R. James Woolsey, Jr., Director of Central Intelligence, 1993–1995 Merle Charles Prunty, Jr. Founder and Chair, the department of Geography and Geology (later the departments of) at the University of Georgia in 1946, where served as Alumni Foundation Professor, Dean of the Graduate School, and researcher of the Geography of the southeastern United States, first by study of soil sediment patterns but soon after research of the region's socio-economic development following World War II. References External links Central High School Homepage Tulsa Public Schools Homepage Tulsa Central High School Foundation (alumni website) Public high schools in Oklahoma Educational institutions established in 1906 Art Deco architecture in Oklahoma Magnet schools in Oklahoma 1906 establishments in Oklahoma Territory Tulsa Public Schools schools