Clarence Gracey

Pete Gracey

Gracey c. 1932
Vanderbilt CommodoresNo. 24
Position Center
Class Graduate
Career history
College Vanderbilt (19301932)
Personal information
Date of birth December 18, 1910
Place of birth Franklin, Tennessee
Date of death December 5, 2000 (aged 89)
Place of death Nashville, Tennessee
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Clarence "Pete" Gracey (December 18, 1910 – December 5, 2000)[1] was an American football player who was an All-American center for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University.

Early years

Gracey was born in Franklin, Tennessee.

Vanderbilt University

He enrolled at Vanderbilt University in nearby Nashville, Tennessee in 1929, where he played for coach Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1930 to 1932.[2] He was a two-year starter at center for McGugin's Commodores, and the team compiled a three-year win-loss-tie record of 19–7–2 during his college career.[2]

1932

After leading the Commodores to a 6–1–2 record as a senior in 1932, he was a first-team All-Southern selection and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, when he received first-team honors from the New York World-Telegram and United Press (UP), and second-team accolades from the Associated Press (AP), International News Service (INS), Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and the New York Sun.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Dates of birth and death confirmed with Social Security Death Index for Clarence B. Gracey, SSN xxx-xx-9412, last residence 37215 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA, born 18 Dec 1910, died 5 Dec 2000. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line].
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vanderbilt Football 2014 Fact Book, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, pp. 134, 142, 151 (2014). Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  3. 2014 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 2, 5, 17 (2014). Retrieved August 19, 2014.