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{{Short description|American athlete (1924–2018)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Clyde Scott
| image       = ClydeScott1950Bowman.jpg
| caption     = 1950 Bowman Football card of Scott
| number      = 20, 27
| position    = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]] <br> [[Defensive back]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1924|8|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dixie, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2018|1|30|1924|8|29|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lb   = 174
| high_school = [[Smackover High School|Smackover (AR)]] <br> [[Bullis School]] <br> ([[Potomac, Maryland]])
| college     = {{ubl|[[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] (1944–1945)<br/>[[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]] (1946–1948)}}
| draftyear   = 1948
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 8
| pastteams   =
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1949|1952}})
* [[Detroit Lions]] (1952) 
| highlights  =
* 2× [[NFL Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1949 NFL Championship Game|1949]], [[1952 NFL Championship Game|1952]])
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1948 College Football All-America Team|1948]])
* 2× Second-team All-American ([[1945 College Football All-America Team|1945]], [[1946 College Football All-America Team|1946]])
* Third-team All-American ([[1947 College Football All-America Team|1947]])
* 3× First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1946 All-Southwest Conference football team|1946]], [[1947 All-Southwest Conference football team|1947]], [[1948 All-Southwest Conference football team|1948]])
* 2× Second-team All-Eastern ([[1944 All-Eastern football team|1944]], [[1945 All-Eastern football team|1945]])
* [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas Razorbacks No. 12]] retired
* [[Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame]]
| statlabel1  = Rushing yards
| statvalue1  = 400
| statlabel2  = Rushing average
| statvalue2  = 4.0
| statlabel3  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Reception]]s
| statvalue3  = 19
| statlabel4  = Receiving yards
| statvalue4  = 381
| statlabel5  = Total [[touchdown]]s 
| statvalue5  = 7
| pfr         = ScotCl21
| CollegeHOF  = 1633 
}}

'''Clyde Luther Scott''' (August 29, 1924 – January 30, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seccountry.com/arkansas/former-arkansas-football-player-clyde-scott-dies-age-93|title = UGA Sports News}}</ref> was an American athlete who played professional [[American football|football]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and earned an Olympic medal in the [[110 meter hurdles]]. He was born in [[Dixie, Louisiana]].

==Biography==
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] | [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
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Scott grew up in [[Smackover, Arkansas]], and participated in both [[Track and field athletics|track]] and [[American football|football]] at the [[Arkansas Razorbacks|University of Arkansas]] and the [[US Naval Academy]].  He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] and the [[Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame]]. He competed for the United States in the [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Summer Olympics]] held in [[London]], [[Great Britain]] in the 110 meter hurdles where he won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/clyde-scott-1.html |title=Clyde Scott |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172625/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/clyde-scott-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>

While at the University of Arkansas, he was initiated into the Xi chapter of [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity.<ref>Xi Chapter: Century of Tradition at the University of Arkansas</ref> Scott's nickname while at the University of Arkansas was "Smackover", after his hometown. Scott was a three-time All-SWC player at RB and DB, and an All-American in 1948. He helped Arkansas win the 1946 [[Southwest Conference]] championship, as well as leading the Razorbacks to their first-ever bowl victory, beating [[College of William & Mary|William & Mary]] 21–19 in the [[1948 Dixie Bowl]] on January 1, 1948. Scott was also a track star at the UA, competing in the 100-yard dash and 110-meter hurdles.

Scott was the eighth player overall chosen in the [[1948 NFL draft]]. Scott played five seasons in the [[National Football League]] for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] and the [[Detroit Lions]], appearing on two NFL championship teams. Scott had a career game on October 6, 1951, against the 49ers when he caught two touchdown passes (3 catches for 85 yards), and had a 40-yard run in the Eagles 21–14 upset win.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hX9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FhAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5880%2C5307900|title=Eagles Upset 49ers 21-14|last=Associated Press|date=October 7, 1951|work=Milwaukee Journal|access-date=August 21, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195110060phi.htm|title=San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles, Oct. 6, 1951|website=Pro Football Reference|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref> The Eagles finished 4–8–0. The 49ers, at 7–4–1, finished {{frac|1|2}} game behind the Conference Champion Rams. Scott was forced to retire in 1953 after suffering a knee injury.

In 2014 Scott was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=9 Razorbacks to be Inducted into SWC Hall of Fame|url=http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/9-razorbacks-to-be-inducted-into-swc-hall-of-fame/201340639|website=arkansasmatters.com|access-date=December 16, 2017|location=Little Rock, AR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nashvillesportsmix.com/2014/08/nine-razorbacks-to-be-inducted-into-swc-hall-of-fame/ |title=Nine Razorbacks to be inducted into SWC Hall of Fame &#124; NashvilleSportsMix |access-date=August 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329065439/http://nashvillesportsmix.com/2014/08/nine-razorbacks-to-be-inducted-into-swc-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |url-status=usurped  }}</ref> The University of Arkansas retired Scott's football jersey number 12, one of only two numbers the school has ever retired (the other is number 77, retired in honor of [[Brandon Burlsworth]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2761 |title=''Encyclopedia of Arkansas'' Clyde Luther "Smackover" Scott |website=encyclopediaofarkansas.net}}</ref>

Scott died on January 30, 2018, at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seccountry.com/arkansas/former-arkansas-football-player-clyde-scott-dies-age-93 |title=Former Arkansas football player Clyde Scott dies at age of 93 |website=seccountry.com}}</ref> He is one of at least 345 [[List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy|NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.<ref>{{cite news |title=The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) |website=Concussion Legacy Foundation |url=https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts |access-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702123543/https://concussionfoundation.org/cte-resources/subconcussive-impacts |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/sports/football/cte-study-concussions-brain-tackle.html |title=Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E.  The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease. |work= [[The New York Times]] |date=June 20, 2023 |access-date=July 2, 2023 }}</ref>

== References ==
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{{1948 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{1948 NFL Draft}}
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{{1949 Philadelphia Eagles}}
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Detroit Lions players]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field]]
[[Category:People from Smackover, Arkansas]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
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