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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American football player (1913–1985)}}<br />
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{{Infobox NFL biography<br />
| name = Pug Manders<br />
| image = Manders-Pug-1941.jpg<br />
| caption = Manders in 1941<br />
| number = 9, 25, 76, 74<br />
| position = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|5|5}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Milbank, South Dakota]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|01|13|1913|5|5}}<br />
| death_place = [[Des Moines, Iowa]], U.S.<br />
| height_ft = 6<br />
| height_in = 0<br />
| weight_lb = 200<br />
| high_school = Milbank<br>(Milbank, South Dakota)<br />
| college = [[Drake Bulldogs football|Drake]]<br />
| draftyear = 1939<br />
| draftround = 2<br />
| draftpick = 11<br />
| pastteams =<br />
* [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers]] ({{NFL Year|1939|1944}})<br />
* [[Boston Yanks]] ({{NFL Year|1945}})<br />
* [[New York Yankees (AAFC)]] ([[1946 AAFC season|1946]])<br />
* [[Buffalo Bills (AAFC)|Buffalo Bills]] ([[1947 AAFC season|1947]])<br />
| highlights =<br />
* First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1941 All-Pro Team|1941]])<br />
* 3× [[Pro Bowl|All-Star Game]] (1939, 1940, 1941)<br />
* [[List of NFL rushing champions|NFL rushing yards leader]] (1941)<br />
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards<br />
| statvalue1 = 2,291<br />
| statlabel2 = Rushing average<br />
| statvalue2 = 3.7<br />
| statlabel3 = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Reception]]s<br />
| statvalue3 = 25<br />
| statlabel4 = Receiving yards<br />
| statvalue4 = 326<br />
| statlabel5 = Total [[touchdown]]s<br />
| statvalue5 = 36<br />
| pfr = MandPu20<br />
}}<br />
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'''Clarence Edward''' "'''Pug'''" '''Manders''' (May 5, 1913 – January 13, 1985) was an [[American football]] [[Fullback (gridiron football)|fullback]] who played professionally in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers]] from 1939 through 1944. He was selected in the second round of the [[1939 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1939 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1939/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Manders led the NFL in rushing in 1941, with 486 yards. <br />
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He was the younger brother of [[Chicago Bears]] kicker [[Jack Manders|"Automatic Jack" Manders]].<br />
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[[File:391029-Dodgers-Giants-program.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Manders on the cover of an October 1939 Dodgers game program]]<br />
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==NFL career statistics==<br />
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2"| Legend<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|<br />
| Led the league<br />
|-<br />
| '''Bold'''<br />
| Career high<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2"| Year<br />
! rowspan="2"| Team<br />
! colspan="2"| Games<br />
! colspan="4"| Rushing<br />
! colspan="4"| Receiving<br />
|-<br />
! GP !! GS !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! TD<br />
|-<br />
! [[1939 NFL season|1939]] !! [[1939 Brooklyn Dodgers season|BKN]]<br />
| 11 || 9 || 114 || 482 || 4.2 || 2 || 3 || 22 || 7.3 || 0<br />
|-<br />
! [[1940 NFL season|1940]] !! [[1940 Brooklyn Dodgers season|BKN]]<br />
| 11 || 11 || 80 || 311 || 3.9 || 5 || 1 || 38 || '''38.0''' || '''1'''<br />
|-<br />
! [[1941 NFL season|1941]] !! [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|BKN]]<br />
| 11 || 11 || 111 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| '''486''' || '''4.4''' || 5 || '''6''' || 67 || 11.2 || 0<br />
|-<br />
! [[1942 NFL season|1942]] !! [[1942 Brooklyn Dodgers season|BKN]]<br />
| 11 || 11 || 93 || 316 || 3.4 || '''6''' || 4 || 53 || 13.3 || 0<br />
|-<br />
! [[1943 NFL season|1943]] !! [[1943 Brooklyn Dodgers season|BKN]]<br />
| 10 || 9 || 89 || 266 || 3.0 || 3 || 5 || 68 || 13.6 || '''1'''<br />
|-<br />
! [[1944 NFL season|1944]] !! [[1944 Brooklyn Tigers season|BKN]]<br />
| 10 || 9 || '''127''' || 430 || 3.4 || 5 || '''6''' || '''78''' || 13.0 || 0<br />
|-<br />
! [[1945 NFL season|1945]] !! [[1945 Boston Yanks season|BOS]]<br />
| 10 || 10 || 76 || 238 || 3.1 || '''6''' || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2"| !! 74 !! 70 !! 690 !! 2,529 !! 3.7 !! 32 !! 25 !! 326 !! 13.0 !! 2<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{NFL rushing yards leaders}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manders, Clarence Pug}}<br />
[[Category:1913 births]]<br />
[[Category:1985 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:American football fullbacks]]<br />
[[Category:American football halfbacks]]<br />
[[Category:Boston Yanks players]]<br />
[[Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players]]<br />
[[Category:Brooklyn Tigers players]]<br />
[[Category:Buffalo Bills (AAFC) players]]<br />
[[Category:Drake Bulldogs football players]]<br />
[[Category:New York Yankees (AAFC) players]]<br />
[[Category:People from Milbank, South Dakota]]<br />
[[Category:Players of American football from South Dakota]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]<br />
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