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Bulldog Turner
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| Born |
March 10, 1919(1919-03-10)
Plains,
Texas |
| Died |
October 30, 1998 (aged 79)
Gatesville,
Texas |
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Career information |
| Year(s) |
1940–1952 |
| NFL Draft |
1940 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 |
| College |
Hardin-Simmons |
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Professional teams |
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Career stats |
| Games played |
138 |
| INT |
17 |
| Fumble recoveries |
5 |
| Stats
at NFL.com |
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Career highlights and awards |
- 2× NFL All-Star selection (1940, 1941)
- 2× Pro Bowl selection
(1950, 1951)
- 8× All-Pro selection
(1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948)
- 4× NFL
champion (1940, 1941, 1943, 1946)
- NFL 1940s
All-Decade Team
- Chicago Bears
#66 retired
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Clyde Douglas (Bulldog) Turner (March 10, 1919
– October 30, 1998) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears.
NFL playing
career
Turner, coming out of Hardin-Simmons University,
was the Bears first round draft pick in the 1940 draft. But, at
first at least, Turner didn't want to be on the Bears. It turned
out that the Detroit Lions' owner paid him $200 to "get his teeth
fixed" and turn down other teams proposals. The Detroit Lions were
fined $5000 for tampering, and the Chicago Bears got a great two-way
player.
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner was big for his day (6-2, 235); however,
he was smart and very fast. A six time all-pro center, and a steady
linebacker, Turner intercepted 4 passes in 5 NFL title games. In
1942, he led the league in interceptions (8). He
said that he studied all 11 assignments for all plays, which came
in handy when some players were ejected for fighting one game in
'43. Teammate George
Musso once said of Bulldog, "Who knows what kind of player he
would have been if he ever got to rest during a game?"
Coaching
career
Turner served as head coach for the 1962 season of the New York
Titans (now the New
York Jets) of the American Football League.
Under his leadership, the team finished last in the Eastern
Conference with a 5-9 record.
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