Clyde Flowers

Clyde Flowers
Date of birth October 16, 1921
Place of birth Perryton, Texas
Date of death August 15, 2000 (age 78)
Place of death Houston, Texas
Career information
Position(s) Guard
College Texas Christian University
High school Perryton High School
Career history
As player
1942–1944 TCU
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American, 1944

Clyde Eugene Flowers (October 6, 1921 – August 15, 2000) was an American football player. He attended Texas Christian University where he played at the guard position for the TCU Horned Frogs football team. He was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a first-team player on the 1944 College Football All-America Team.[1] He was inducted into the TCU Hall of Fame in 1977 and died in 2000 at age 78 in Houston, Texas.[2]

References

  1. Red Grange (December 1944). "Navy Wins Two Places On NEA All-American Eleven; Davis, Jenkins, Fenimore And Horvath Are Backs". The News (Frederick, MD).
  2. "Ex-football standout Clyde Flowers dies". Amarillo Globe-News (amarillo.com). August 16, 2000. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
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