May 28, 1977(1977-05-28) (aged 35) Southgate, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1960–1962
Kentucky
Position(s)
Halfback, placekicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1966
LaRue County HS (KY) (assistant)
1967–1968
Franklin-Simpson HS (KY) (assistant)
1969–1973
Jacksonville State (OC/QB/RB)
1974–1976
Jacksonville State
Head coaching record
Overall
22–11 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 GSC (1974)
Herman Clark Mayfield (October 11, 1941 – May 28, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, from 1974 to 1976, compiling a record of 22–11.[1]
As a player at the University of Kentucky in 1962, Mayfield's field goal clinched a victory against Tennessee in the season's final game. He died on May 28, 1977, in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky.[2]
^"2019 JSU Football Media Guide". Jacksonville State Gamecocks. 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
^Story, Mark (October 16, 2011). "Clarkie Mayfield, ex-Cat, in life and death, refused to back down". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
2011). "ClarkieMayfield, ex-Cat, in life and death, refused to back down". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved November 15, 2019. ClarkieMayfield at Find...
Knoxville, 12–10. The winning margin was provided by a field goal by ClarkieMayfield, one of the heroes of the game, who later died in the Beverly Hills...
Pell captured one as a member of the Mid-South Athletic Conference; ClarkieMayfield captured one, Fuller four, Burgess four as a member of the Gulf South...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
1975 NCAA Division II football season. Led by second-year head coach ClarkieMayfield, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–3...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
1976 NCAA Division II football season. Led by third-year head coach ClarkieMayfield, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 6–2...
1974 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach ClarkieMayfield, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 7–1...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
Salls (1954–1964) Jim Blevins (1965–1968) Charley Pell (1969–1973) ClarkieMayfield (1974–1976) Jim Fuller (1977–1983) Joe Hollis (1984) Bill Burgess (1985–1996)...
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