Bulldog Turner

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Bulldog Turner
Date of birth	March 10, 1919
Place of birth	Sweetwater, Texas
Date of death	October 30, 1998
Place of death	Gatesville, Texas
Position(s)	Linebacker, Center
College	Hardin-Simmons
NFL Draft	1940 / Round 1/ Pick 7
Career Highlights
Honors	NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
Retired #s	Chicago Bears #66
Career Record	5-9-0
Stats
Playing Stats	DatabaseFootball
Coaching Stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1940-1952	Chicago Bears
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1962	New York Jets
College Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1966

Clyde Douglas (Bulldog) Turner (March 10, 1919 - October 30, 1998) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears.

[edit] NFL 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 record 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?"

[edit] External links

Pro Football Hall of Fame: member biography
Find-A-Grave biography

Preceded by Sammy Baugh	New York Titans Head Coaches 1962	Succeeded by Weeb Ewbank

New York Titans/Jets Head Coaches
Baugh • Turner • Ewbank • Winner • Shipp • Holtz • Michaels • Walton • Coslet • Carroll • Kotite • Parcells • Groh • Edwards • Mangini