Clyde Shugart
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
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| Born: | December 7, 1916 Elberon, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||
| Died: | July 2, 2009 (aged 92) Gulf Breeze, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
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| High school: | Ames (IA) | ||||||
| College: | Iowa State | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1939 / Round: 17 / Pick: 158 | ||||||
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Clyde Earl Shugart (December 7, 1916 – July 2, 2009) was an
1939 NFL Draft
.
Early life
Shugart was born in
Des Moines Register.[1]
College career
Shugart then attended and played
Big Six Conference honors[2] and received All-America board recognition, playing all but 20 minutes of the entire season. In a 1960s poll, Shugart was named the best tackle in school history.[1]
Professional career
Shugart was
1943 NFL Championship game, where they lost 41–21. Shugart retired after the 1944 season after making a salary of $4,400.[2]
Shugart played his entire career for the Redskins (1939–1944) and never missed a game in his career.[1] During this time, he was named to two Pro Bowls (1941, 1942)[1] and was named second-team All-Pro in 1943.[2]
Life after football
After retiring from football, Shugart took a job as a manager of a
Baltimore, Maryland.[1] He worked at High's for 47 years before retiring in 1986,[2] and at one point owned 50 percent of the corporate stock.[1] In 2007, he moved to Gulf Breeze, Florida, where he died from a stroke on July 2, 2009, at age 92.[2]
Legacy
In 2000, Shugart was inducted in the Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2004, he was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Clyde Shugart - Hall of Fame Class of 2004". Iowa State Athletics. Archived from the original on 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Redskins.com. Archived from the originalon 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
