| George "Potsy" Clark | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 20, 1894 |
| Place of birth | Carthage, Illinois |
| Died | November 8, 1972 (aged 78) |
| Place of death | La Jolla, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1914–1915 Baseball 1915–1916 |
Illinois Illinois |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1919 1920 1921–1925 1926 1927–1929 1931–1936 1937–1938 1940 1945, 1948 Baseball 1920 1921 1922–1925 1927 1928 |
Illinois (assistant) Michigan Agricultural Kansas Minnesota (associate HC) Butler Port. Spartans/Det. Lions Brooklyn Dodgers Detroit Lions Nebraska Illinois Michigan Agricultural Kansas Minnesota Butler |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 40–45–7 (college football) 64–42–12 (NFL) 71–55–3 (college baseball) |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
George M. "Potsy" Clark (March 20, 1894 – November 8, 1972) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, (1920), the University of Kansas (1921–1925), Butler University (1927–1929), and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1945, 1948), compiling a career college football record of 40–45–7. Clark was also the head coach of the National Football League's Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions (1931–1936, 1940) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938), amassing a career NFL mark of 64–42–12. Clark's 1935 Detroit Lions team won the NFL Championship. From 1945 to 1953, Clark served as the athletic director at Nebraska.[1]
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| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Michigan Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Michigan Agricultural | 4–6 | |||||||
| Michigan Agricultural: | 4–6 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921–1925) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Kansas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1922 | Kansas | 3–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1923 | Kansas | 5–0–3 | 3–0–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1924 | Kansas | 2–5–1 | 2–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1925 | Kansas | 2–5–1 | 2–5–1 | 8th | |||||
| Kansas: | 16–17–6 | 11–15–6 | |||||||
| Butler Bulldogs (Independent) (1927–1929) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Butler | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | Butler | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1929 | Butler | 4–4 | |||||||
| Butler: | 14–9–1 | ||||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Six Conference) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Nebraska | 4–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Seven Conference) (1948) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Nebraska | 2–8 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Nebraska: | 6–13 | 4–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 40–45–7 | ||||||||
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