Frank Clair

Frank Clair
Career information
Statue of Frank Clair in TD Place Stadium
Date of birth	(1917-05-12)May 12, 1917
Place of birth	Hamilton, Ohio
Date of death	April 3, 2005(2005-04-03) (aged 87)
Place of death	Sarasota, Florida
Position(s)	End
College	Ohio State
Career history
As administrator
1970–1978	Ottawa Rough Riders
As coach
1948–1949	Buffalo Bulls
1950–1954	Toronto Argonauts
1956–1969	Ottawa Rough Riders
As player
1941	Washington Redskins

Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1981

Frank James Clair (May 12, 1917 – April 3, 2005) was a coach in the Canadian Football League, nicknamed "the Professor" for his ability to recognize and develop talent. Clair ranks third all-time in the CFL with 147 regular season wins and is the most successful head coach in the post-season with 27 victories. He is also tied for the most Grey Cup championships won by a head coach with five. As a result, he won the Annis Stukus Trophy as the CFL's coach of the year in 1966 and 1969.

Playing career

Clair played end for the Ohio State Buckeyes, lettering in 1938, 1939, and 1940. As a receiver, he was quarterback Don Scott's favorite target. In 1941, Clair played in seven games for the Washington Redskins.

Coaching career

Clair found his greatest success in coaching. He was the head coach at the University at Buffalo in 1948^[1] and 1949.^[2] During the 1950s, he coached the Toronto Argonauts to two Grey Cups in 1950^[3] and 1952.^[4]

In 1956, he joined the Ottawa Rough Riders. As coach, Clair led them to Grey Cup Championships in 1960, 1968 and 1969. After retiring from coaching following the 1969 season, became the team's general manager, where they won Grey Cups in 1973 and 1976. After he was let go in 1978, the team won no more Grey Cups. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

The stadium at Lansdowne Park was renamed Frank Clair Stadium in his honour on April 8, 1993. He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.^[5] Retired, Clair lived in retirement and died in Sarasota, Florida. He was survived by his wife Patricia and daughter Robin.^[6] In 2014, the stadium was renamed TD Place, and the operators erected a statue of Clair in his honour.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall
Buffalo Bulls (NCAA College Division independent) (1948–1949)
1948	Buffalo	6–1–1
1949	Buffalo	6–3
Buffalo:		12–4–1
Total:		12–4–1

CFL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
TOR	1950	6	5	1	.542	2nd in IRFU	3	1	Won Grey Cup
TOR	1951	7	5	0	.583	3rd in IRFU	1	1	Lost in IRFU Semi-Finals
TOR	1952	7	4	1	.625	2nd in IRFU	4	1	Won Grey Cup
TOR	1953	5	9	0	.357	4th in IRFU	-	-	Missed Playoffs
TOR	1954	6	8	0	.429	3rd in IRFU	-	-	Missed Playoffs
TOR Total		31	31	2	.500	0 East Division Championships	8	3	2 Grey Cups
OTT	1956	7	7	0	.500	3rd in IRFU	0	1	Lost in Division Semi-Finals
OTT	1957	8	6	0	.571	2nd in IRFU	0	1	Lost in Division Semi-Finals
OTT	1958	6	8	0	.429	3rd in IRFU Division	1	2	Lost in Division Finals
OTT	1959	8	6	0	.571	2nd in East Division	2	1	Lost in Division Finals
OTT	1960	9	5	0	.643	2nd in East Division	4	0	Won Grey Cup
OTT	1961	8	6	0	.571	2nd in East Division	0	1	Lost in Division Semi-Finals
OTT	1962	6	7	1	.464	2nd in East Division	0	1	Lost in Division Semi-Finals
OTT	1963	9	5	0	.643	2nd in East Division	2	1	Lost in Division Finals
OTT	1964	8	5	1	.607	2nd in East Division	2	1	Lost in Division Finals
OTT	1965	7	7	0	.500	2nd in East Division	1	2	Lost in Division Finals
OTT	1966	11	3	0	.786	1st in East Division	2	1	Lost Grey Cup
OTT	1967	9	4	1	.679	2nd in East Division	1	2	Lost in Division Finals
OTT	1968	9	3	2	.714	1st in East Division	2	1	Won Grey Cup
OTT	1969	11	3	0	.786	1st in East Division	2	1	Won Grey Cup
OTT Total		116	75	5	.605	3 East Division Championships	19	16	3 Grey Cups
Total		147	106	7	.579	3 East Division Championships	27	19	5 Grey Cups

References

↑ "1948 Buffalo Football," University at Buffalo Sports History Collection - January 29, 2014.
↑ "1949 Buffalo Football," University at Buffalo Sports History Collection - May 8, 2014.
↑ "Argonauts lay claim to legendary Mud Bowl". CFL.ca. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
↑ "O'Connor's late score lifts Argos over Eskimos". CFL.ca. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
↑ "Frank Clair". http://oshof.ca/. Retrieved 24 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "CFL Legend Frank Clair passes". Esksfans.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

External links

Frank Clair at the College Football Data Warehouse at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-03)

Buffalo Bulls head football coaches

No coach (1894–1896)
C. W. Dibble (1897)
No coach (1898)
Bemus Pierce (1899)
No coach (1900–1902)
Ray Turnbull (1903)
No team (1904–1914)
Frank Mount Pleasant (1915)
Art Powell (1916–1921)
Dim Batterson (1922)
James Bond (1923)
Russell Carrick (1924–1928)
Jay L. Lee (1929–1930)
William Pritchard (1931)
James B. Wilson (1932–1933)
George Van Bibber (1934–1935)
Jim Peelle (1936–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Jim Peelle (1946–1947)
Frank Clair (1948–1949)
James B. Wilson (1950–1951)
Fritz Febel (1952–1954)
Dick Offenhamer (1955–1965)
Doc Urich (1966–1968)
Bob Deming (1969–1970)
No team (1971–1976)
Bill Dando (1977–1989)
Sam Sanders (1990–1991)
Jim Ward (1992–1994)
Craig Cirbus (1995–2000)
Jim Hofher (2001–2005)
Turner Gill (2006–2009)
Jeff Quinn (2010–2014)
Alex Wood # (2014)
Lance Leipold (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Toronto Argonauts head coaches

H. T. Glazebrook (1873–1874)
H. Lambe (1875)
W. H. Perram (1876–1877)
Bedford (1878–1879)
Orville Murphy (1880–1881)
Hume Blake (1882)
A. H. Campbell (1883)
Hume Blake (1884)
Rupert Muntz (1885–1886)
Hugh Smith (1887–1890)
R. Bayley (1891–1892)
Billy Wood (1893)
Joe Wright, Sr. (1894–1900)
Pud Kent (1901–1903)
Fred Thompson (1904–1905)
Chaucer Elliott (1906)
Art Kent and Fred Russell (1907–1908)
Chaucer Elliott (1909–1910)
Billy Foulds (1911)
Jack Newton (1912)
Ross Binkley (1913)
Billy Foulds (1914)
Warren Coryell and Billy Foulds (1915)
Sinc McEvenue (1919)
Mike Rodden (1920)
Sinc McEvenue (1921)
Jack O'Connor (1922–1925)
Mike Rodden (1926)
Frank Knight (1927–1928)
Buck McKenna (1929–1932)
Lew Hayman (1932–1944)
Teddy Morris (1945–1949)
Frank Clair (1950–1954)
Bill Swiacki (1955)
Hamp Pool (1956–1959)
Steve Owen (1959)
Lou Agase (1960–1962)
Nobby Wirkowski (1962–1964)
Bob Shaw (1965–1966)
Leo Cahill (1967–1972)
John Rauch (1973–1974)
Joe Moss (1974)
Russ Jackson (1975–1976)
Leo Cahill (1977–1978)
Bud Riley (1978)
Forrest Gregg (1979)
Willie Wood (1980–1981)
Tommy Hudspeth (1981)
Bob O'Billovich (1982–1989)
Don Matthews (1990)
Adam Rita (1991–1992)
Dennis Meyer (1992–1993)
Bob O'Billovich (1993–1994)
Mike Faragalli (1995)
Bob O'Billovich (1995)
Don Matthews (1996–1998)
Jim Barker (1999)
John Huard (2000)
Pinball Clemons (2000–2001)
Gary Etcheverry (2002)
Pinball Clemons (2002–2007)
Rich Stubler (2008)
Don Matthews (2008)
Bart Andrus (2009)
Jim Barker (2010–2011)
Scott Milanovich (2012–2017)
Marc Trestman (2017- )

Ottawa Rough Riders head coaches

Tom Clancy (1904–1911)
Doc Galvin (1912)
Reverend Father Stanton (1913)
Eddie Girard (1914)
Frank Shaughnessy (1915)
Dave McCann (1919)
Silver Quilty (1920)
Tom Clancy (1921–1922)
Silver Quilty (1923)
Dave McCann (1924–1927)
Walter Gilhooley (1928)
Joe Miller (1929)
Dr. Andy Davies (1930)
Dave McCann (1931–1932)
Wally Masters (1933–1934)
Billy Hughes (1935–1936)
Ross Trimble (1937–1941)
George Fraser (1942)
Ross Trimble (1945)
George Fraser (1946)
Sammy Fox (1947)
Wally Masters (1948–1950)
Clem Crowe (1951–1954)
Chan Caldwell (1955)
Frank Clair (1956–1969)
Jack Gotta (1970–1973)
George Brancato (1974–1984)
Joe Moss (1985–1986)
Tom Dimitroff (1986)
Fred Glick (1987–1988)
Bob Weber (1988)
Steve Goldman (1989–1991)
Joe Faragalli (1991)
Ron Smeltzer (1992–1993)
Adam Rita (1994)
Jim Gilstrap (1995–1996)
John Payne (1996)

Ottawa Rough Riders general managers
Jimmy McCaffrey (1923–1959) George Terlep (1960–1962) Red O'Quinn (1963–1969) Frank Clair (1970–1978) Jake Dunlap (1979–1982) Don Holtby (1983–1986) Paul Robson (1987–1988) Jo-Anne Polak (1989–1991) Dan Rambo (1992–1993) Ron Smeltzer (1993) Phil Kershaw (1994) Garney Henley (1995–1996) Leo Cahill (1996)

Toronto Argonauts 38th Grey Cup champions
Les Ascott Billy Bass Pete Bennett Fred Black Jake Dunlap Al Dekdebrun Ed Hirsch Bud Fowler Frank Gnup Ulysses Curtis Byron Karrys Joe Krol Don McKenzie Lorne Parkin John Kerns Pete Titanic Bill McCormick Johnny Shore Doug Smylie Rod Smylie Ted Toogood Nick Volpe Marv Whaley Jack Wedley Bob Westlake Arnie Stocks Don Scott Head coach: Frank Clair

Toronto Argonauts 40th Grey Cup champions
Les Ascott Billy Bass Pete Bennett Fred Black Al Bruno Royal Copeland Don Ettinger John Fedosoff Tom Harpley Jack Gray Ulysses Curtis Jack Carpenter Steve Karrys Joe Krol Bob Marshall Don McKenzie Bill O'Connor Lorne Parkin Doug Pyzer Jack Roberts Art Scullion Ed Soergel Doug Smylie Rod Smylie Ted Toogood Nobby Wirkowski Head coach: Frank Clair

Ottawa Rough Riders 48th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Frank Clair

Ottawa Rough Riders 56th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Frank Clair

Ottawa Rough Riders 57th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Frank Clair

Annis Stukus Trophy – CFL Coach of the Year

1961: Trimble
1962: Owen
1963: Skrien
1964: Sazio
1965: Grant
1966: Clair
1967: Williams
1968: Keys
1969: Clair
1970: Jauch
1971: Cahill
1972: Gotta
1973: Gotta
1974: Levy
1975: Brancato
1976: Shaw
1977: Rapp
1978: Gotta
1979: H. Campbell
1980: Jauch
1981: Faragalli
1982: O'Billovich
1983: Murphy
1984: Murphy
1985: Matthews
1986: Bruno
1987: O'Billovich
1988: Riley
1989: Gregory
1990: Riley
1991: Rita
1992: Buono
1993: Buono
1994: Matthews
1995: Matthews
1996: Lancaster
1997: Matthews
1998: Lancaster
1999: Taaffe
2000: Taaffe
2001: Ritchie
2002: Matthews
2003: Higgins
2004: Marshall
2005: Higgins
2006: Buono
2007: Austin
2008: Hufnagel
2009: Trestman
2010: Barker
2011: Buono
2012: Milanovich
2013: Chamblin
2014: Hufnagel
2015: R. Campbell
2016: Dickenson

Members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Players	Abendschan Ah You Aldag D. Allen Atchison B. Bailey Baker Barrow Bass Batstone Battle Beach Benecick Bennett Bonk Box Breen Bright Brock Do. Brown T. Brown Browne Burden Cahoon Cameron J. Campbell Casey Charlton Clarke Clements Clemons Coffey Conacher Connop Copeland Corrigall Covington E. Cox R. Craig Cronin D. Cutler W. Cutler Dalla Riva DiPietro Dixon Dunigan Elgaard Eliowitz Emerson Estay Etcheverry Evanshen Faloney Fear Fennell Ferraro Ferrone Fieldgate Fleming Da. Flutie Do. Flutie Flynn Frank Fryer Gabriel Gaines Gall George Golab Gorrell Grant Gray Griffing Ham Hanson Harding D. Harris W. Harris Harrison Helton Henley Highbaugh Hinton Holloway Huffman Isbister Jackson Jacobs E. James G. James Johnson Ty. Jones Jurasin Kabat Kapp Keeling B. Kelly E. Kelly Kepley Krol Kwong Lapointe Lancaster Lawson Leadley Lear Lehmann Lewis Lumsden Lunsford Luster Luzzi Makowsky McCance McGill McGowan McManus McQuarters Miles Mills Mitchell Molson Montford Moon F. Morris T. Morris Mosca J. Murphy Narcisse Nelson Nettles Neumann O'Quinn Okeke Pajaczkowski Jac. Parker Jam. Parker Passaglia Patterson Payton G. Perry N. Perry Phillips Pitts Pless Ploen Poplawski Pringle Quilty Racine Raimey Rebholz Reed Reeve Ridgway Rigney Roberts Robinson Romano Rowe Ruby Russel T. Scott V. Scott Shatto Be. Simpson Bo. Simpson Sprague Stegall Stevenson Stewart Stirling Sutherin Symons Thelen Timmis Tinsley Tommy Trawick Tubman Tucker Urness Vaughan Vaughn Vercheval Wagner Walby Weir Welch West Wilkinson G. Williams A. Wilson Winfield Wylie Yochum Young Zambiasi Zock
Builders	Ackles Anselmo Back R. Bailey Ballard Barker Berger Braley Brook D. W. Brown Buono H. Campbell Chipman Clair Connellan Cooper Coulter Crighton A. Currie G. Currie Custis Davies DeGruchy Dojack Duggan DuMoulin Forster Foulds Fracas Fulton Gaudaur Gibson Grant Grey Griffith Halter Hannibal Haylor Hayman Henick Bi. Hughes Ireland Keys Kimball Knight Kramer Lieberman Loney Matthews McBrien McCaffrey D. McCann McDonald McNaughton McPherson Metras Montgomery T. Morris C. Murphy Newton Pistilli Preston Ritchie Rodden Ryan Sazio Shaughnessy Shepherd Shouldice J. Simpson Slocomb Spencer Spring Stukus P. Taylor Tindall Warner Warwick S. Wilson
Reporters	Afaganis A. Allen P. Allen R. Allen Badham Beamish Bishop Bratina Brisebois Brunt Carroll Tom Casey Cluff Cole Coleman J. Cox G. Craig Cuthbert Davis DeGeer Dryburgh Dufault Dunnell Esaw Frayne Frewin Gilchrist Good Hall Hanley Bo. Hughes Hunt Hunter Irving D. Isaac M. Isaac Te. Jones Kearney G. Kelly Kent Kielty MacCabe Maki Marsden Marshall Martin Matheson Matsumoto A. McCann McConnell McKnight McLean Melville Miller Milton Moir Naylor Newans O'Brien O'Meara Pascucci Pawson Picken J. Proudfoot T. Proudfoot Proulx Purcell Ralph Reeve Ruckaber Saunders Selnes Sgambati Sigurdson D. Smith M. Smith Stephen Stephenson Stukus Sullivan Swangard Tait J. Taylor Ullrich Viney G. Walker H. Walker Ja. Wells Jo. Wells Westwick B. Williams Wittman Zurkowsky

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