Position Tackle/Guard/Center Name Clyde Conner | Class Graduate | |
Born August 4, 1884 ( 1884-08-04 ) Macon, Mississippi Died January 24, 1919, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States College Ole Miss Rebels football (1901–1903, 1906–1907), Virginia Cavaliers football (1903) | ||
Clyde Raymond Conner (August 4, 1884 – January 24, 1919) was a college football player, prominent lawyer of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and once United States Commissioner.
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College football
Conner was a prominent tackle for both the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi and a prominent center for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia.
1902
In a 21 to 0 Egg Bowl victory, Conner "plunged through the line at will" according to the Memphis paper.
1906
He was selected All-Southern in 1906.
1903
He was also selected All-Southern in 1903, the year he played with Virginia.
Death
Conner died at his home on January 24, 1919 of blood poisoning. While at a barber shop he had an inverted hair removed from his neck. No trouble resulted until two days later it became quite irritated.