Clem Daniels

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Clem Daniels
Date of birth	July 9, 1937
Place of birth	McKinney, Texas
Position(s)	Halfback
College	Prairie View
Career Highlights
Pro Bowls	AFL All-Star 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Awards	1963 TSN AFL MVP
Honors	All-Time All-AFL Team
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1960 1961-1967 1968	AFL Dallas Texans AFL Oakland Raiders San Francisco 49ers

Clem Daniels (born July 9, 1937) was an American college and professional football player. At Prairie View A&M University, he was voted to All-Conference honors during his sophomore and junior years, and captained the NAIA National Championship team in his senior year. He was voted into Prairie View's Hall of Fame in 1992 and the California Black Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993. Daniels was drafted in 1960 by the American Football League's Dallas Texans. He was on the Texans' roster for 14 games in 1960, but saw little playing time behind Abner Haynes. In 1961, he was traded to the AFL's Oakland Raiders, and spent seven years there. He was an American Football League All-Star in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967.

In 1963, Daniels was The Sporting News' American Football League Player of the Year, with a 5.1 yards/carry average, gaining 1,099 yards. He was the All-Time leading rusher in the American Football League and was selected to the All-Time All-AFL Team.

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• Other American Football League players

Preceded by Len Dawson & Cookie Gilchrist

American Football League MVP 1963 with Lance Alworth Tobin Rote

Succeeded by Gino Cappelletti

American Football League | All-Time Team
Joe Namath | Clem Daniels | Paul Lowe | Lance Alworth | Cookie Gilchrist* | Don Maynard | Fred Arbanas | Jim Otto | Ed Budde | Billy Shaw | Ron Mix | Jim Tyrer | George Blanda | Nick Buoniconti | Bobby Bell | George Webster | Johnny Robinson | George Saimes | Willie Brown | Dave Grayson | Houston Antwine | Tom Sestak | Jerry Mays | Gerry Philbin | Jerrel Wilson |