Clarence Spears
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 24, 1894 De Witt, Arkansas |
| Died | February 1, 1964 (aged 69) Jupiter, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1914–1915 | Dartmouth |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1917–1920 | Dartmouth |
| 1921–1924 | West Virginia |
| 1925–1929 | Minnesota |
| 1930–1931 | Oregon |
| 1932–1935 | Wisconsin |
| 1936–1942 | Toledo |
| 1943–1944 | Maryland |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1936–1942 | Toledo |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 148–83–14 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Big Ten (1927) | |
| Awards | |
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All-American, 1914 All-American, 1915 |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1955 (profile) |
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Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears (July 24, 1894 – February 1, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College (1914–1915) and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth (1917–1920), West Virginia University (1921–1924), the University of Minnesota (1925–1929), the University of Oregon (1930–1931), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1932–1935), the University of Toledo (1936–1942), and University of Maryland, College Park (1943–1944), compiling a career college football record of 148–83–14. Spears was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955.
Spears attended Dartmouth College, where he played guard and was selected to the College Football All-America Team in 1914 and 1915.
Spears was the head coach for the Dartmouth Indians football team from 1917 to 1920. From 1921 to 1924, he coached the West Virginia Mountaineers football team, winning 79.5% of the games he coached during his tenure there. Following that, Spears coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1925 to 1929, leading the team to a 6–0–2 record and a share of the Big Ten Conference title in 1927. He had a 28–9–3 record at Minnesota.
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