:Obie Bristow

{{Short description|American football player (1900–1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Obie Bristow

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|4|17}}

| birth_place = Pryor, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|12|22|1900|4|17}}

| death_place = Big Spring, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 210

| position = Wingback, halfback

| high_school = Pryor

| college = Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma

| teams =

• Cleveland Bulldogs (1925)
• Hartford Blues (1925)
• Kansas City Cowboys (1925–1926)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 17

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 15

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Jessie Gordon "Obie" Bristow (April 17, 1900 – December 22, 1969) was an American football player and coach, state legislator, and oil operator. He played professionlly in the early National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Bulldogs and the Kansas City Cowboys. He was also a professional player for the Hartford Blues, prior to that team's entry into the NFL in 1926.{{cite journal |last=Hogrogian |first=John |title=The Hartford Blues; Part 1 |url=https://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/04-08-107.pdf |journal=The Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |volume=4 |issue=8 |year=1982 |pages=3–4 |access-date=September 12, 2024 }} Prior to his pro career, Bristow played college football and baseball at the University of Oklahoma. He earned a letter with the team in 1922. He also lettered on the baseball team.{{Cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/documents/2022/2/17//2022_Media_Guide_0217.pdf?id=12768|title=2022 Oklahoma Sooners baseball Media Guide|publisher=University of Oklahoma|date=February 17, 2022|access-date=July 3, 2023|page=103}}

Bristow later coached the football team at Big Spring High School in Big Spring, Texas for four years. He served as a member of the Democratic Party in the Texas House of Representatives from 1953 to 1959 and later worked as an independent oil operator.{{cite web |author= |title=Jessie Gordon Bristow |url=https://lrl.texas.gov/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=1001 |publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas |location=Austin, Texas |access-date=September 12, 2024 }} He was found dead by hanging on December 22, 1969, in Big Spring. His death was ruled a suicide.{{cite news |author= |title='Obie' Bristow, Ill, Found Hanged |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-obituary-for-j/155154033/ |newspaper=The Austin Statesman |location=Austin, Texas |agency=Associated Press |date=December 23, 1969 |page=2 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}