Bulldog Turner
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| Position: | Center, Linebacker | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 10, 1919 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Plains, Texas | ||||||||
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| Place of death: | Gatesville, Texas | ||||||||
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| High school: | Sweetwater High School | ||||||||
| College: | Hardin-Simmons | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1940 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||||||
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Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner (March 10, 1919 – October 30, 1998) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears.[1]
NFL playing career
Turner, coming out of Hardin-Simmons University, was the Bears first round draft pick in the 1940 draft. But, at first at least, Turner didn't want to be on the Bears. It turned out that the Detroit Lions' owner paid him $200 to "get his teeth fixed" and turn down other teams proposals. The Detroit Lions were fined $5000 for tampering, and the Chicago Bears got a great two-way player.
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner was big for his day (6-2, 235); however, he was smart and very fast. A six time all-pro center, and a steady linebacker, Turner intercepted 4 passes in 5 NFL title games. In 1942, he led the league in interceptions (8). He said that he studied all 11 assignments for all plays, which came in handy when some players were ejected for fighting one game in '43. Teammate George Musso once said of Bulldog, "Who knows what kind of player he would have been if he ever got to rest during a game?"
Coaching career
Turner served as head coach for the 1962 season of the New York Titans (now the New York Jets) of the American Football League. Under his leadership, the team finished last in the Eastern Conference with a 5-9 record.
References
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External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: member biography
- Bulldog Turner at Find a Grave
- New York Times Obit
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- 1919 births
- 1998 deaths
- American football offensive linemen
- American football centers
- American football linebackers
- Chicago Bears players
- Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football players
- New York Jets coaches
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Coryell County, Texas
- People from Yoakum County, Texas
