10 Facts About Clyde Littlefield

Clyde Littlefield was an American sports and athletics coach.

Clyde Littlefield was on the US coaching staff at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Clyde Littlefield then attended Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio and Marshall Training School, and from 1912 to 1916 was a student at the University of Texas, where he earned twelve letters, in football, basketball, and track.

Clyde Littlefield was head football coach at Greenville High School in Greenville for four years, and then in 1920 returned to the University of Texas as head track coach, freshman football coach, freshman basketball coach, and instructor in physical training.

Clyde Littlefield remained there until 1961, winning 25 Southwest conference championships in track, and serving as head football coach from 1927 to 1933, during which time the university won two Southwest Conference championships.

Clyde Littlefield served as an instructor of an officers' training corps during World War I and was on the United States track and field coaching staff at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Clyde Littlefield served for many years on the NCAA track and field rules committee and was president of the NCAA Track Coaches Association.

Clyde Littlefield was awarded the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award and was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor at the University of Texas, the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Clyde Littlefield married Henrietta Rabb in 1920; they had a son.

Clyde Littlefield died on May 20,1981, at his home in Austin, Texas.