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Position | Safety | ||||||||
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Born | Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | February 11, 1950||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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High school | Central (MI) | ||||||||
College | Notre Dame | ||||||||
NFL draft | 1972: 1st round, 15th overall pick | ||||||||
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Clarence Ellis (born February 11, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was the Falcons' first pick in the 1972 NFL draft. [1]
He played college football at Notre Dame, where he was an All-American and part of the Fighting Irish team that defeated the previously undefeated Texas Longhorns in the 1971 Cotton Bowl game.