Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark (October 11, 1906 – August 5, 1978), sometimes also known as "the Flying Dutchman" and "the Old Master", was an American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, and university athletic director. He gained his greatest acclaim as a football player and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team and was the first player to have his jersey (No. 7) retired by the Detroit Lions.
Born in Colorado, Clark attended Colorado College where he played football, basketball, and baseball, and also competed in track and field. During the 1928 football season, he rushed for 1,349 yards, scored 103 points, and became the first player from Colorado to receive first-team All-American honors. After graduating in 1930, he remained at Colorado College as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach.
Clark played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions for 7 seasons from 1931 to 1938. He was selected as the first-team All-Pro quarterback six times, was named by the United Press (UP) as the best player in the NFL in both 1935 and 1936, led the Lions to the 1935 NFL championship, and led the NFL in total offense in 1934 and scoring in 1932, 1935, and 1936. In his final two seasons with the Lions, he also served as the team's head coach. In 1940, he was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the outstanding football player of the 1930s.
Clark was the head coach at the Colorado School of Mines (1933) and with the Cleveland Rams (NFL, 1939–1942) and Seattle Bombers (American Football League, 1944), an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Dons (All-America Football Conference, 1949) and University of Detroit Titans (1950), and head coach and athletic director for the University of Detroit (1951–1953).
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Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark (October 11, 1906 – August 5, 1978), sometimes also known as "the Flying Dutchman" and "the Old Master", was an American football...
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Lions coaches, two have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: DutchClark and Joe Schmidt. Gus Dorais was inducted in the College Football Hall...
Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Notable alumni include Liz Cheney, DutchClark, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, James Heckman, Steve Sabol, Ken Salazar, and...
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three touchdowns. DutchClark also scored a touchdown, and a fifth came on a 10-yard pass from Pug Vaughan to Frank Christensen. Clark kicked four extra...
league leaders in points scored: DutchClark with 73 points (second) and Glenn Presnell with 63 points (third). Clark also led the NFL with 1,146 yards...
resistance to Dutch elm disease. The Lewis and Clark Public School District in North Dakota is named after the pair. Campsite Lewis and Clark in Camp Sandy...
Flag garage, Chiswick. Clark made his Formula One (F1) Grand Prix debut, part-way through the 1960 season, during the 1960 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort...
police officer Jim Clark celebrating his win Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. "1965 Dutch GP Qualification"...
on April 12, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2017. Willis, Chris (2012). DutchClark: The Life of an NFL Legend and the Birth of the Detroit Lions. The Scarecrow...
reaching No. 32, and earned Percy Faith a gold record. In 1962, Petula Clark released a French-language version of the song, titled "Chariot" (lyrics...
chassis used by Jim Clark to win the 1963 World Title. Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. "1967 Dutch GP". chicanef1...
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bequest included several Dutch ovens. Westward-bound settlers took Dutch ovens with them. A Dutch oven was among the gear Lewis and Clark carried when they explored...
façade, which was built by Earl Clark, a potato farmer, before he opened the park in 1963. The Clark family sold Dutch Wonderland in 2001 to Hershey Entertainment...
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