 Turner's 1948 Bowman Gum football card | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Center Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 10, 1919 Plains, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | October 30, 1998 (aged 79) Gatesville, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 237 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Newman (Sweetwater, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Hardin–Simmons (1937–1939) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1940 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | ||||||||||||
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| Career: | 5–9 (.357) | ||||||||||||
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Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner (March 10, 1919 – October 30, 1998) was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was elected, as a player, to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He was also selected in 1969 to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team.
Turner played college football as a center at Hardin–Simmons University from 1937 to 1939 and was selected as a Little All-American in 1939. After being selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1940 NFL draft, he played professional football for the Bears, principally as a center on offense and linebacker on defense, for 13 years from 1940 to 1952. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro eight times (1940–1944, 1946–1948) and was a member of Bears teams that won NFL championships in 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1946.
After his playing career was over, Turner held assistant coaching positions with Baylor University (1953) and the Chicago Bears (1954–1957). He was the head coach of the New York Titans of the American Football League (AFL) during the 1962 AFL season.