Clarence Spears

American football head coach

1894 – 1964

 Credit »
80

Who was Clarence Spears?

Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth, West Virginia University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Oregon, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Toledo, and University of Maryland, College Park, compiling a career college football record of 148–83–14. Spears was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
Jul 24, 1894
De Witt
Education
  • Dartmouth College
Lived in
  • Arkansas
Died
Feb 1, 1964
Jupiter

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Clarence Spears." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 3 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/clarence_spears>.

Discuss this Clarence Spears biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net