Dutch Clark

Dutch Clark, also known as the Flying Dutchman and the Old Master, was an American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, and university athletic director. Born on October 11, 1906, in Colorado, he attended Colorado College, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He gained his greatest acclaim as a football player with the Detroit Lions, whose No. 7 jersey he was the first to have retired, and he was named to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team in 1969. He entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963, both inaugural classes, and died on August 5, 1978.