Beryl Clark

Beryl Leon Clark (October 13, 1917 – January 15, 2000) was an American football player.

Beryl Clark
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Beryl Clark, 1939
Personal information
Born:October 13, 1917
Cherokee, Oklahoma
Died:January 15, 2000 (age 82)
Cherokee, Oklahoma
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school:Cherokee (OK)
College:Oklahoma
Position:Halfback
NFL Draft:1940 / Round: 16 / Pick: 141
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-American (1939)

Clark was born in Cherokee, Oklahoma, in 1917, an attended Cherokee High School.[1]

He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1936 to 1939.[2][3][4] As a senior in 1939, he completed 40 of 66 passes for a 60.6% completion rate. His completion percentage was the highest in the county. He also led the Sooners with 680 yards from scrimmage.[5] He also led the Big Six Conference with 50 points scored (eight touchdowns and two extra points).[6] He was selected by both the conference coaches and the Associated Press as a first-team back on their respective 1939 All-Big Six Conference football teams.[7][8] He was also selected by the International News Service as a second-team halfback on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.[9]

He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals with the 141st pick in the 1940 NFL Draft and played for the Cardinals during the 1940 NFL season.[10][11] He appeared in 10 games for the Cardinals, completed 25 passes for 316 yards and two touchdowns and kicked three extra points.[1]

During World War II, Clark served as a pilot in the Air Transport Command, "flying the hump" between Burma and China.[12][13]

Clark died in 2000 at age 82 in Cherokee, Oklahoma.[1]

References
  1. "Beryl Clark". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  2. Harold KKeith (April 1, 1939). "Little Beryl Clark May Be Hero Of 1939 Grid Team". The Oklahoma Daily. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Austin Bealmar (November 10, 1939). "Beryl Clark Hits in Two Sooner 'Cleanup' Spots: He Bats Cool .650 in the Air; But He's Better Than That on Ground". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Beryl Clark May Go Places In Senior Year As Cog in Sooner Grid Machine". The Cherokee Republican. September 1, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Sooners Will Miss Seymour, Beryl Clark Graduation Will Take Two Ranking Ball Carriers on O. U. Squad". The Norman Transcript. December 5, 1939. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Oklahoma's Clark Wins Scoring Race". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 27, 1939. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Coaches Name Four Tigers on All-Big Six Eleven". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 28, 1939. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Only Two Tigers Land On Big Six All-Stars". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 29, 1939. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Lawton Carver (November 24, 1939). "2 From Tennessee on INS All-America". The Kane Republican. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  11. "Beryl Clark". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  12. "Lt. Beryl Clark Writes That "Flying The Hump" Gets To Be A Real Grind". The Cherokee Republican. July 13, 1945. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Lt. Beryl Clark Returned To States To Play Football For ATC This Fall". The Cherokee Messenger. September 4, 1945. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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