Clyde R. Conner

Clyde Conner
Ole Miss Rebels
Position Tackle/Guard/Center
Class Graduate
Career history
College Ole Miss (19011903; 19061907)
Virginia (1903)
Personal information
Date of birth August 4, 1884
Place of birth Macon, Mississippi
Date of death January 24, 1919 (aged 34)
Place of death Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Career highlights and awards

Clyde Raymond Conner (August 4, 1884 January 24, 1919) was a college football player, prominent lawyer of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and once United States Commissioner.[1]

College football

Conner was a prominent tackle for both the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi and a prominent center for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia.

Ole Miss

1902

In a 21 to 0 Egg Bowl victory, Conner "plunged through the line at will" according to the Memphis paper.

1906

He was selected All-Southern in 1906.[2]

University of Virginia

1903

He was also selected All-Southern in 1903, the year he played with Virginia.[3][4]

Attorney

Death

Conner died at his home on January 24, 1919 of blood poisoning. While at a barber shop he had an inverted hair removed from his neck. No trouble resulted until two days later it became quite irritated.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kappa Alpha Order. "Clyde R. Conner, Mississippi". The Kappa Alpha Journal 35 (3): 381. Retrieved March 5, 2015 via Google books.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (1907). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. pp. 27, 49.
  3. "Johnny Desaulles Picks All-Southern Football Team". The State. August 27, 1904.
  4. Spalding's Football Guide

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