Clarence "Pug" Manders
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Born: | Milbank, South Dakota, U.S. | May 5, 1913||||||||
Died: | January 13, 1985 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 71)||||||||
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High school: | Milbank (Milbank, South Dakota) | ||||||||
College: | Drake | ||||||||
Position: | Fullback / Halfback | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1939 / round: 2 / pick: 11 | ||||||||
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Clarence Edward "Pug" Manders (May 5, 1913 – January 13, 1985) was a National Football League running back for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers from 1939 through 1944. He was drafted in the second round of the 1939 NFL Draft.[1] He led the NFL in rushing in 1941 and is the younger brother of Jack Manders. His nickname was Pug.
References
[edit]- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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- 1913 births
- 1985 deaths
- American football fullbacks
- American football halfbacks
- Boston Yanks players
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
- Brooklyn Tigers players
- Buffalo Bills (AAFC) players
- Drake Bulldogs football players
- New York Yankees (AAFC) players
- People from Milbank, South Dakota
- Players of American football from South Dakota
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs