Charles Dow Clark

American football player, coach, referee, and actor

Charles Dow Clark
Biographical details
Born(1869-05-08)May 8, 1869
St. Albans, Vermont, U.S.
DiedMarch 26, 1959(1959-03-26) (aged 89)
New York, New York, U.S.
Alma materTufts (1895)
Playing career
1893Tufts
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1894Ole Miss

Charles Dow Clark (September 21, 1869 – March 26, 1959) was an actor and an American football coach and referee. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi while taking a leave from his studies at Tufts College in Medford, Massachusetts.[1]

Clark became an actor, appearing in such films as The Bat Whispers (1925) and It Happened in Hollywood (1937). He died on March 26, 1959, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Tuftonian, Volume 21. Tufts College. 1894. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Services Monday In St. Albans for actor C. D. Clark, 89". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. United Press International. March 28, 1959. p. 20. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

External links

  • Charles Dow Clark at IMDb
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