Ralph Clyde "Shorty" Propst was an American college football player and coach.
10 Facts About Clyde Propst
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Clyde Propst served as head coach at both Howard and Southwestern from 1934 to 1937.
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Clyde Propst recovered Pooley Hubert's fumble in the endzone which was the deciding score in the 9 to 7 victory over Penn in 1922, arguably the biggest win in the era of Scott's coaching tenure.
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At Alabama, Clyde Propst served as an assistant with the varsity in 1925, led the freshmen team in 1926 and 1927 before returning as a varsity assistant from 1928 to 1932.
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On March 21,1934, Clyde Propst was hired to serve as head coach at Howard College after Eddie McLane resigned to take the same position at Louisiana Tech.
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Clyde Propst resigned his position at Howard one year later on March 7,1935 to become both the head coach and athletic director at Southwestern College of Memphis.
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Clyde Propst later resigned both as head coach and athletic director at Southwestern on December 3,1937.
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Clyde Propst chose to resign after he learned his contract was not to be renewed in March 1938 by university officials.
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Clyde Propst later served as line coach at Auburn University from 1944 to 1947.
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Clyde Propst later died on October 13,1959, at the home of his daughter in Philadelphia where he had resided since 1957.