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.
"Coach" Clark on the cover of a 1938 Detroit Lions game program.
Entrance to Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo, Colorado, with Pikes Peak in the distant background.
The Portsmouth Spartans were a professional American football team that played in Portsmouth, Ohio, from their founding in 1928 to their relocation to Detroit in 1934. Originally drawing players from
Dutch Clark
…Colorado College as the head basketball coach and assistant football coach. Clark played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions for 7 seasons from 1931 to 1938. He was selected as the first-team All-Pro quarterback six times, was named by the United Press (UP…
The Spartans' home field in 2008, now known as Spartan Municipal Stadium.