| Dutch Clark | |
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| Position(s): Quarterback | Jersey #(s): 7 |
| Born: October 11, 1906 Fowler, Colorado | |
| Died: August 5, 1978 (aged 71) Cañon City, Colorado | |
| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1931–1938 | |
| College: Colorado College | |
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Playing career Coaching career
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| Career Stats | |
| TD-INT | 11-26 |
| Passing yards | 1,507 |
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Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark (October 11, 1906 – August 5, 1978) was a professional football player for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. This is a list of all NFL players who have had outstanding performances throughout the 1930s and have been compiled onto this fantasy group Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. In his final two seasons he was the Head Coach of the Detroit Lions. For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan.
At Colorado College, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. The Colorado College (familiarly known as CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Origins of Phi Gamma Delta Historical sketch of Jefferson College In 1803 only a small percentage of Americans attended college
He set a team rushing record in 1936 that stood for 36 years.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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High School Sports
Dutch Clark began his football career at center as a freshman at Central High School in Pueblo, Colorado, circa 1922. The City of Pueblo (ˈpwɛbloʊ is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County Coach Oscar “Ollie” Herigstad reassigned young Clark to fullback, where he earned All-State honors for the Wildcats. At Central, he was also an All-State basketball center, and set South-Central League track & field records in the discuss and high hurdles. Baseball was his “weak” sport, on account of impaired vision in his left eye. He earned 16 letters, and graduated in 1926. [1]
Collegiate Sports
Clark was headed for the University of Michigan and had a stopover at Northwestern University, but ended up at the Colorado College in Colorado Springs. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research The Colorado College (familiarly known as CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, At CC, Clark earned 12 letters and was All-Conference in football, basketball, baseball and track for the Tigers. Coach W. T. “Bully” Van DeGraaff used Clark as a rusher, quarterback, drop-kicker, punter, linebacker, safety and punt returner. He rushed for 1349 yards on 135 carries in 1928, his junior year, and scored 103 of CC’s 203 points. In 1928, he became the first All-American football player from any of Colorado’s colleges and universities. He graduated from CC in 1930.
Professional Football
Clark was 6. 0 ft (1. 83 m) tall and weighed 175-185 lb (79-84 kg) when he began his professional football career as a quarterback, kicker and punter with the short-lived Portsmouth Spartans in Ohio in 1931. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. The Spartans had only sixteen players on their roster, not unusual at the time. He left pro football after two seasons to coach the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers in 1933, a long-time rival of his alma mater. The Colorado School of Mines is a public research university devoted to Engineering and Applied science located in the town of Golden Colorado. The Spartans moved to Detroit as a result of the Great Depression, and became the Lions. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. Clark returned to the Lions in 1934, where he was a triple-option threat on offense through the 1938 season. He was a six-time All-Pro and three-time league scoring leader, and led the Lions to a 26-7 victory over the New York Giants in the 1935 NFL championship game. The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. A popular photograph of Clark from the Detroit News was published in Life magazine. [2] Clark was a player-coach in 1937 and 1938, giving him a career-high and league-high salary of $7200. He retired as a player and became the head coach of the Cleveland Rams from 1939 through 1942. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St Clark served in the US Army during World War II, and as Athletic Director at the University of Detroit after the war. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including University of Detroit Mercy (UDM is a Comprehensive university in Detroit Michigan, United States, created in 1990
Sports Honors
Clark was inducted as a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football. The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted him as a charter member in 1963, along with sixteen others including Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and Curly Lambeau. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk: Wa-Tho-Huk) (28 May 1888 – 28 March 1953 was an American athlete Harold Edward "Red" Grange ( June 13, 1903 &ndash January 28, 1991) was a professional and college American football Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau ( April 9, 1898 &ndash June 1, 1965) was the founder a player and the first coach of the Green Bay He was a charter member of the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1965, along with footballer-jurist Byron “Whizzer” White and boxer Jack Dempsey. Byron Raymond White ( June 8, 1917 &ndash April 15, 2002) won fame both as a football Running back and as an associate justice of Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey ( June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world In 1973, Clark became a charter member of the Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame. The Pueblo Public School Stadium was renamed Earl “Dutch” Clark Stadium in September 1980. The Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame inducted him posthumously as a charter member in 1995.
References
External Links
- Dutch Clark’s pro playing and coaching statistics
- Dutch Clark in the College Football Hall of Fame
- Dutch Clark in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Dutch Clark of the Detroit Lions
- Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
- Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame
| Preceded by George "Potsy" Clark | Detroit Lions Head Coaches 1937-1938 | Succeeded by Gus Henderson |
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