Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League.
43 Facts About Bulldog Turner
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Bulldog Turner was elected, as a player, to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966.
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Bulldog Turner was selected in 1969 to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team.
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Bulldog Turner was selected as a first-team All-Pro eight times and was a member of Bears teams that won NFL championships in 1940,1941,1943, and 1946.
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Bulldog Turner was the head coach of the New York Titans of the American Football League during the 1962 AFL season.
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In September 1938, Bulldog Turner first gained national attention when Associated Press photographer Jimmy Laughead, playing off Bulldog Turner's strength and his background growing up in West Texas Hereford cattle country, took his picture posing with a 240-pound calf around his shoulders.
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Bulldog Turner was named to the Associated Press "Little All-America" team.
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In December 1939, Bulldog Turner was selected by the Chicago Bears with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 1940 NFL Draft.
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Bulldog Turner was the only lineman selected in the first ten picks.
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In June 1940, Bulldog Turner signed a three-year contract with the Bears.
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An NFL investigation concluded that Richards had tampered with Bulldog Turner by paying for Bulldog Turner's dental work, giving him $100, and advising him to announce publicly that he would not play professional football so as to dissuade other teams from drafting him.
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Bulldog Turner was one of only two rookies to receive All-Pro honors in 1940.
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Bulldog Turner was selected as the All-Pro center, receiving first-team honors on the so-called "official" All-Pro team selected by a committee of professional football writers for the NFL, as well as All-Pro teams selected by the Associated Press, UP, Collyer's Eye, the New York Daily News, and the Chicago Herald American.
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Bulldog Turner was a unanimous All-Pro pick by the UP sports writers.
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Bulldog Turner scored two touchdowns, one on an interception return and the other on a fumble recovery and return.
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In 1943, Bulldog Turner started all 10 games and helped the Bears win their third NFL championship in four years.
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Bulldog Turner was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the AP, UP, INS, NYDN, and Pro Football Illustrated.
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Bulldog Turner was a unanimous pick by the AP sports writers.
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On December 3,1944, Bulldog Turner was shifted into the backfield late in a game against Card-Pitt; he had a 48-yard run for the only rushing touchdown of his career.
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Bulldog Turner was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the AP, UP, INS, and NYDN.
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In January 1945, Bulldog Turner was inducted into the United States Army Air Forces and was assigned as a physical training instructor.
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Bulldog Turner was granted furlough to play two games for the Bears and then returned to the Superbombers team where he finished the 1945 football season.
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In March 1946, Bulldog Turner rejected offers to play in the All-America Football Conference and signed a contract to return to the Bears.
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Bulldog Turner appeared in all 11 games, and helped lead the 1946 Bears to another NFL championship.
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Bulldog Turner continued to play for the Bears for four more years, appearing in all 12 games each year from 1949 to 1952.
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In 13 NFL seasons, Bulldog Turner appeared in 138 regular season games and seven post-season games.
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Bulldog Turner intercepted 17 passes in the regular season and four more in five NFL championship games.
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Bulldog Turner was selected as a first-team All-Pro in eight of his 13 seasons.
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Bulldog Turner was big for his day ; however, he was smart and very fast.
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In January 1953, after retiring as a player, Bulldog Turner was hired as an assistant line coach at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
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Bulldog Turner had a ranch in nearby Gatesville, and was responsible for coaching the offensive centers and defensive linebackers.
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Bulldog Turner resigned his post at Baylor in February 1954.
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Bulldog Turner was an assistant coach for the Bears from 1954 to 1957.
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Bulldog Turner worked from the pressbox and communicated by telephone to George Halas about weaknesses he had observed in opponents' defenses.
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Bulldog Turner gave up his job with the Bears in 1958 to devote his full efforts to his ranch in Texas.
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In December 1961, Bulldog Turner was hired as the head coach of the New York Titans of the American Football League.
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Bulldog Turner received numerous honors for his accomplishments as a football player.
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Bulldog Turner was later married to Gladys Webber on July 4,1948.
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In 1950, Bulldog Turner purchased a 1,200-acre ranch in Pidcoke, Coryell County, Texas, for $54,000.
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Bulldog Turner moved from Chicago to the ranch on a full-time basis in April 1958.
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Bulldog Turner raced his horses at Sunland Park and Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico.
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Bulldog Turner's wife died in October 1998 after 50 years of marriage.
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Bulldog Turner died at age 79 at his ranch near Gatesville, Texas.