# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dutch-clark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:24.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dutch-clark"
name: "Dutch Clark"
slug: "dutch-clark"
description: "Earl Harry \"Dutch\" Clark, sometimes also known as \"the Flying Dutchman\" and \"the Old Master\", was an American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, and university athletic director. He gained his greatest acclaim as a football player and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team and was the first player to have his jersey retired by the Detroit Lions."
tagline: "American football player and coach (1906–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dutch_Clark_1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1906-10-11"
deathDate: "1978-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.557741333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Clark"
    title: "Dutch Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "دتش كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "دتش كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Clark_(Footballspieler)"
    title: "Earl Clark (Footballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Clark"
    title: "Dutch Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Clark"
    title: "Dutch Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Clark"
    title: "Dutch Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25758"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump