George Clark (American football coach)
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Clark from 1946
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Biographical details | |
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Born |
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1894-03-20
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March 20, 1894
Carthage, Illinois , U.S. |
Died |
November 8, 1972
(1972-11-08)
(aged
78)
La Jolla, California , U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914–1915 | Illinois |
Baseball | |
1915–1916 | Illinois |
Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916 | Kansas (assistant) |
1919 | Illinois (assistant) |
1920 | Michigan Agricultural |
1921–1925 | Kansas |
1926 | Minnesota (associate HC) |
1927–1929 | Butler |
1931–1936 | Port. Spartans/Det. Lions |
1937–1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1940 | Detroit Lions |
1945 | Nebraska |
1948 | Nebraska |
Baseball | |
1920 | Illinois |
1921 | Michigan Agricultural |
1922–1925 | Kansas |
1927 | Minnesota |
1928 | Butler |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1927–1930 | Butler |
1948–1953 | Nebraska |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
40–45–7 (college football)
64–42–12 (NFL) 71–55–3 (college baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football
1 NVC (1923) |
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George M. "Potsy" Clark (March 20, 1894 – November 8, 1972) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University , (1920), the University of Kansas (1921–1925), Butler University (1927–1929), and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1945, 1948), compiling a career college football record of 40–45–7. Clark was also the head coach of the National Football League 's Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions (1931–1936, 1940) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938), amassing a career NFL mark of 64–42–12. [1] Clark's 1935 Detroit Lions team won the NFL Championship. From 1945 to 1953, Clark served as the athletic director at Nebraska. [2]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
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Michigan Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1920) | |||||
1920 | Michigan Agricultural | 4–6 | |||
Michigan Agricultural: | 4–6 | ||||
Kansas Jayhawks ( Missouri Valley Conference ) (1921–1925) | |||||
1921 | Kansas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5th | |
1922 | Kansas | 3–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 6th | |
1923 | Kansas | 5–0–3 | 3–0–3 | T–1st | |
1924 | Kansas | 2–5–1 | 2–4–1 | 7th | |
1925 | Kansas | 2–5–1 | 2–5–1 | 8th | |
Kansas: | 16–17–6 | 11–15–6 | |||
Butler Bulldogs (Independent) (1927–1929) | |||||
1927 | Butler | 4–3–1 | |||
1928 | Butler | 6–2 | |||
1929 | Butler | 4–4 | |||
Butler: | 14–9–1 | ||||
Nebraska Cornhuskers ( Big Six Conference ) (1945) | |||||
1945 | Nebraska | 4–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |
Nebraska Cornhuskers ( Big Seven Conference ) (1948) | |||||
1948 | Nebraska | 2–8 | 2–4 | T–5th | |
Nebraska: | 6–13 | 4–7 | |||
Total: | 40–45–7 | ||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
NFL
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
PRT | 1931 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 2nd in NFL | - | - | - | - |
PRT | 1932 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .750 | 3rd in NFL | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost Playoff Game to Chicago Bears |
PRT | 1933 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 2nd in NFL Western | - | - | - | - |
DET | 1934 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 2nd in NFL Western | - | - | - | - |
DET | 1935 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .769 | 1st in NFL Western | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Won NFL Championship over New York Giants |
DET | 1936 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 3rd in NFL Western | - | - | - | - |
BKK | 1937 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .300 | 4th in NFL Eastern | - | - | - | - |
BKK | 1937 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .500 | 3rd in NFL Eastern | - | - | - | - |
BKK | 1939 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .400 | 3rd in NFL Eastern | - | - | - | - |
BKK Total | 11 | 17 | 5 | .393 | - | - | - | |||
DET | 1940 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 3rd in NFL Western | - | - | - | - |
PRT/DET Total | 53 | 25 | 7 | .679 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
Total | 64 | 42 | 12 | .604 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "Potsy Clark Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks – Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Pro-Football-Reference . Retrieved December 21, 2020 .
- ↑ "Potsy Clark Dead, Lions' First Coach" . The New York Times . Associated Press . November 10, 1972 . Retrieved July 7, 2010 .
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