Question: When was one of the the notable Oklahoma's player died who played the 1951 Sugar Bowl and was a gridiron football player?
Context: The 2016 Sugar Bowl is a bowl game that was played on January 1, 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  This 81st Sugar Bowl was played between the University of Mississippi and Oklahoma State University.  It is one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.  Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The 1951 Sugar Bowl was the 17th Sugar Bowl matchup, pitting the Big Seven champion Oklahoma Sooners (ranked #1 in the Associated Press poll) against the Southeastern Conference champion Kentucky Wildcats (ranked #7).  Oklahoma's regular season record was 10-0; Kentucky's was 10-1.  Oklahoma averaged 34.5 points per game; only one team had scored more than twice in a game against Kentucky that season.  Oklahoma entered the January 1, 1951, game with a 31-game winning streak; the Sooners' last loss had come on September 25, 1948.  Kentucky was coached by Bear Bryant; Oklahoma was coached by Bud Wilkinson.  Notable players for the two teams included Oklahoma's Billy Vessels and Kentucky's Charlie McClendon, Babe Parilli and Wilbur "Shorty" Jamerson.  82,000 fans attended the game. The 2015 Sugar Bowl was a college football game that was played on January 1, 2015 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  It was the 81st Sugar Bowl, and a semifinal game in the College Football Playoff.  It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season.  Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl. The 2018 Sugar Bowl is a College Football Playoff semifinals bowl game that will be played on January 1, 2018 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  This 84th Sugar Bowl game will match two of the top four teams selected by the Selection Committee to compete for a spot at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship to be played on January 8, 2018 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.  It is one of the 2017–18 bowl games that will conclude the 2017 FBS football season.  Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Billy Dale Vessels (March 22, 1931 – November 17, 2001) was a gridiron football player.  He played college football at the University of Oklahoma and won the Heisman Trophy in 1952.  Vessels went on to play professional football with the National Football League's Baltimore Colts and the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Edmonton Eskimos. Frank G. Anderson (May 24, 1928 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — September 28, 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta) was a professional Canadian football player who played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners from 1947 to 1950.  Anderson played under college football coach Bud Wilkinson.  The Sooners, from 1947 to 1950, lost only three games.  The first in 1948, undefeated in 1949, losing the Sugar Bowl in 1951 following the 1950 season.  The Sooners won consecutive Sugar Bowl Championships in 1949 and 1950.  Anderson was named All-American in 1950. The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009.  The Sugar Bowl, along with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl, are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl Game.  The Sugar Bowl is also a member of the College Football Playoff.  Presently, its official title is the Allstate Sugar Bowl after its current sponsor, the Allstate insurance company. The 2014 Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The 80th annual Sugar Bowl, it featured the #10 (AP ranked), #11 (BCS ranked) Oklahoma Sooners of the Big 12 Conference and the #3-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference.  The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM EST.  It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season.  It was sponsored by the Allstate insurance company and was officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women.  Most leagues play by the same rules as their male counterparts, with one exception: women's leagues use a slightly smaller football.  Women primarily play on a semi-professional or amateur level in the United States.  Very few high schools or colleges offer the sport solely for women and girls; however, on occasion, it is permissible for a female player to join the otherwise male team. Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women.  Most leagues play by the same rules as their male counterparts, with one exception: women's leagues use a slightly smaller football.  Women primarily play on a semi-professional or amateur level in the United States.  Very few high schools or colleges offer the sport solely for women and girls; however, on occasion, it is permissible for a female player to join the otherwise male team.
Answer: November 17, 2001