Lee McClung
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| Yale Bulldogs | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Class | Graduate |
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| Date of birth | March 26, 1870 |
| Place of birth | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Date of death | December 19, 1914 (aged 44) |
| Place of death | London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1963) | |
| Lee McClung | |
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| 22nd Treasurer of the United States | |
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In office November 1, 1909 – November 21, 1912 |
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| President | William Howard Taft |
| Preceded by | Charles H. Treat |
| Succeeded by | Carmi A. Thompson |
Thomas Lee "Bum" McClung (March 26, 1870 – December 19, 1914) was an American college football player who later served as the 22nd Treasurer of the United States.
McClung was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father was Frank H. McClung, a merchant, and he was related to Albert Sidney Johnston and John Marshall. McClung graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy.
He continued his education at Yale University, where he was a member of the Yale Bulldogs football team. McClung, who was always known as Lee from his college days onward, was perhaps the best-known football player in the country while playing for the Yale Bulldogs. He is thought to have designed the cutback play. In his athletic prime, he stood 5'10", weighed between 165 and 180 lbs., was on the varsity baseball team, and played in every football season from 1888 to 1891 on teams that compiled a 54–2 record and a 2,269–49 point total. McClung by himself was credited with scoring 176 points in 1889 and 494 in his career. He was captain of the unscored-upon Yale football team of 1891 (13–0 record, 488–0 point record), graduating the following year with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He never left a game during injury, despite football being considerably rougher at the time. On November 21, 1891, his famous team of eleven defeated Harvard 10–0, avenging their hard-fought loss of the year before. He played his last college game against Princeton five days later, on Thanksgiving, with the very same eleven Yale players defeating the Tigers 19–0.
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