Carl Slayton

Fullback (1956)

The backbone of Cliff Long’s 1956 National Championship team was fullback Carl Slayton from Oklahoma City.  Although he played only two years of football for Capital Hill, Carl Slayton was one of the greatest halfbacks to play for the Capital Hill Redskins.  The All-State “Slate” scored 35 touchdowns in two seasons for the ‘Skins under head coach C. G. Speagle.  The 6-3, 198-pound four sport athlete played on the University of Oklahoma squad in 1955 and later became a Junior College All-American running back at Coffeyville, KS.

Carl only played one year for the Ravens but lead the team to the first Red Raven National Championship as he rushed over 1000 yards for the Ravens.  CCJC went 10-1 with a big win in the National Championship, played in Los Angeles, CA against Grand Rapids, MI, winning 46-6.

His high school coach S.B. Speagle stated “Slayton was a terrific back.  You never caught him coming backwards.  He was always going forward.  He’d go through the line and he might run 20 yards laterally, then he’d break it.”  Cliff Long, his junior college coach said “Every great team needs a player to be its backbone.  Carl was the fullback that made our offense go.”  Carl returned to South Oklahoma City and worked for his parents’ cleaners until 1958, when he got a job with the Oklahoma City Fire Department.  He coached Little League for eight years.

In 1975, his teams won two league championships with two south side Chiefs Optimist basketball teams.

He retired as a captain from the OKC Fire Department in 1981 and now owns and operates a lifting maintenance company.  He lives in south Oklahoma City with his wife Shirley and has two children and three stepchildren.