Al Clemens

Albert Hobson "Silent Al" Clemens (November 1, 1898 – May 19, 1993) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach and college athletics administrator.

Playing career Clemens played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Alabama. He also threw the javelin on the track team.

1920 Clemens was chosen All-Southern in 1920 by various selectors.

1921 Clemens was one of only two returning starters in 1921, serving as captain.

1922 Clemens played during one of Alabama's first great victories in 1922, over Penn.

1923 In Wallace Wade's first season as head coach and Clemens' second as captain he was again selected All-Southern.

Coaching career

Huntsville Junior College Out of university he coached for Huntsville Junior College. He boldly scheduled Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association elevens, and only ever lost two games to junior colleges. Across all sports he won 7 junior college titles in 3 seasons.

Tuscaloosa High Clemens was head coach and athletic director of the Tuscaloosa High School Black Bears. He took the position in 1930. After 1931 the team had been unbeaten for seven years (63 games). Coach Clemens challenged any high school in the nation to a game.

Vicksburg Central High He was head coach and athletic director at Vicksburg's Carr Central High "where his teams were the terror of the Big Eight Conference." He was replaced by former Mississippi State football player Gene Chadwick.

Southwestern Clemens was coach and athletic director at Southwestern Presbyterian University—now known as Rhodes College—from 1942 to 1950. Eight of his basketball players organized a strike against him in 1950.