Cloyce Box
Box on a 1950 Bowman football card
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| Position: | End, halfback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 24, 1923 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Hamilton, Texas | ||||||||
| Date of death: | October 24, 1993 (aged 70) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| College: |
West Texas A&M Louisiana Tech |
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| NFL Draft: |
1948 / Round: 20 / Pick: 178 (By the Washington Redskins) |
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| Receiving yards: | 2,665 |
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| Average: | 20.7 |
| Touchdowns: | 32 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Cloyce Kennedy Box (August 24, 1923 – October 24, 1993) was an American football player and businessman. He played five years in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions, was a member of NFL championship teams in 1952 and 1953, was selected as a second-team All-Pro in 1950 and a first-team All-Pro in 1952, and played in the 1951 and 1953 Pro Bowl games. On December 3, 1950, he set Detroit team records with 12 catches, four touchdown receptions, 24 points, and 302 receiving yards. He later became a successful businessman in the oil and gas business in Texas.
Box was born in 1923 in Hamilton, Texas. From 1938 to 1942, he attended Jonesboro High School in Jonesboro, Texas, where he and his twin brother Boyce Box were both star athletes. He never saw a game of football until he was 18 years old, having played basketball throughout his youth.
Box and his brother Boyce attended West Texas A&M University on basketball scholarships and helped the Buffaloes win a Border Conference championship in 1943 before being inducted into the United States Marine Corps. He attained a rank of captain during World War II. He also attended Louisiana Tech University as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program. When he returned from the Marine Corps in 1946, the West Texas A&M basketball program slumped, and Box ended up playing college football as a quarterback and halfback for the West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team from 1946 to 1948.
Box played professional football at the end and halfback positions in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the Detroit Lions from 1949 to 1950 and 1952 to 1954. As a rookie in 1949, Box appeared in ten games, principally as a halfback. He rushed for 62 yards on 30 carries and caught 15 passes for 276 yards and four touchdowns. Box later recalled: "I probably was the worst halfback in the history of the league."
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