Sports' Forgotten Heroes

Sometimes superstars of the game are forgotten. There’s no real explanation for this. They just fade away with time, and this is the reason I launched Sports’ Forgotten Heroes. To remember the stars whom time has forgotten and for this episode, episode No. 89, this certainly holds true – Dutch Clark. A member of the inaugural class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Dutch was certainly on the of greats of the game – especially during his playing days which took place from 1931 through 1938. He took off the 1933 season to coach football on the collegiate level, but went back to the NFL in 1934. In six of his seven years, he was named first-team All-Pro playing quarterback. But he was also a terrific running back and led the NFL in touchdowns on three occasions. As a kicker, he was terrific as well kicking 72 extra points and 15 field goals. Clark broke into the NFL in 1931 after taking a year off from the game following a Hall of Fame college career for Colorado College. In fact, in Dutch’s first professional s