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Position: | Running back | ||||||
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Born: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | December 29, 1947||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Orlando (FL) | ||||||
College: | South Carolina State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1970 / round: 5 / pick: 108 | ||||||
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Clifford M. McClain (born December 29, 1947) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Jets.[1] He played college football for the South Carolina State Bulldogs.
After four seasons as a backup running back with the Jets, before the 1974 season McClain signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals, who gave the Jets linebacker Jamie Rivers and offensive guard Roger Bernhardt as compensation.[2] During the 1974 preseason, he was traded to the Chicago Bears as part of a package in exchange for wide receiver Earl Thomas, but he was cut by the Bears.[3][4] He went on to play the 1974 season for the Florida Blazers of the World Football League (WFL).[5] McClain attempted to rejoin the NFL in 1975 but was cut after a tryout with the Atlanta Falcons.[6]