Al Clemens
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1, 1898 Scottsboro, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1993 (aged 94) Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1923 | Alabama |
| Position | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1925 | Huntsville JC |
| 1926–1928 | Jacksonville State |
| 1930–1931 | Tuscaloosa HS (AL) |
| c. 1934–1942 | Vicksburg Central HS (MS) |
| 1946–1950 | Southwestern (TN) |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1928 | Jacksonville State |
| Baseball | |
| 1927–1928 | Jacksonville State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1926–1928 | Southwestern (TN) |
| 1942–1950 | Jacksonville State |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2× All-Southern (1920, 1923) | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Albert Hobson "Silent Al" Clemens (November 1, 1898 – May 19, 1993) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach and college athletics administrator.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Clemens played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Alabama. He also threw the javelin on the track team.[1]
Football
[edit | edit source]Clemens was a prominent end for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He was captain of the 1921 team under Xen C. Scott and again captain of the 1923 team—the first season under Wallace Wade.[2]
1920
[edit | edit source]Clemens was chosen All-Southern in 1920 by various selectors.[3]
1921
[edit | edit source]Clemens was one of only two returning starters in 1921, serving as captain.[4]
1922
[edit | edit source]Clemens played during one of Alabama's first great victories in 1922, over Penn.[1]
1923
[edit | edit source]In Wallace Wade's first season as head coach and Clemens' second as captain he was again selected All-Southern.[5]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Huntsville Junior College
[edit | edit source]Out of university he coached for Huntsville Junior College.[6]
Jacksonville State Teachers College
[edit | edit source]Before 1930, Clemens was coach and athletic director at the Jacksonville State Teachers College in Jacksonville, Alabama.[7] He boldly scheduled Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association elevens, and only ever lost two games to junior colleges.[8] Across all sports he won 7 junior college titles in 3 seasons.
Tuscaloosa High
[edit | edit source]Clemens was head coach and athletic director of the Tuscaloosa High School Black Bears.[9] He took the position in 1930.[10] After 1931 the team had been unbeaten for seven years (63 games). Coach Clemens challenged any high school in the nation to a game.[11]
Vicksburg Central High
[edit | edit source]He was head coach and athletic director at Vicksburg's Carr Central High "where his teams were the terror of the Big Eight Conference."[6] Clemens resigned to take the job at Southwestern.[12] He was replaced by former Mississippi State football player Gene Chadwick.[13]
Southwestern
[edit | edit source]Clemens was coach and athletic director at Southwestern Presbyterian University—now known as Rhodes College—from 1942 to 1950.[6][14] Eight of his basketball players organized a strike against him in 1950.[15]
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- 1898 births
- 1993 deaths
- Alabama Crimson Tide football players
- All-Southern college football players
- American football ends
- Basketball coaches from Alabama
- High school football coaches in Alabama
- High school football coaches in Tennessee
- Jacksonville State Gamecocks athletic directors
- Jacksonville State Gamecocks baseball coaches
- Jacksonville State Gamecocks football coaches
- Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball coaches
- People from Scottsboro, Alabama
- Players of American football from Alabama
- Rhodes Lynx athletic directors
- Rhodes Lynx football coaches
- 20th-century American sportsmen