Darryl Earl Clack is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 kick returner

Kick returner

In American and Canadian football, a kick returner is the player on special teams who is primarily responsible to catch kickoffs and attempts to return them in the opposite direction. If the ball is kicked into his own endzone, he must assess the situation on the field while the ball is in the...

 and wide receiver

Wide receiver

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 in the National Football League

National Football League

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 who played for the Dallas Cowboys

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 for four years. He was inducted into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

High school career

Clack, then known as "Mr. Click," began to show his prowess at Widefield High School

Widefield High School

Widefield High School is a high school in Security-Widefield, Colorado. It opened its doors in 1958 and is the older of the two high schools in Widefield School District 3. Widefield's mascot is the Gladiator and the school's colors are navy blue, columbia blue, silver and white...

 in Colorado Springs, Colorado

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. Clack was at his best in track and field

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. He won the state championship in the 100 meters in his junior and senior years. He missed winning in a photo finish as a sophomore, but he won the 200 meters and the 400 meters in each of his last three years in high school. He set state-record times of 10.65 seconds in the 100 meters, 21.22 in the 200 and 47.95 in the 400. Widefield won team state titles in 1979, 1980 and 1981.

College career

Clack began his college football

College football

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 career at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

 in the 1982 season, becoming the first freshman to lead the Sun Devils in rushing in 30 years. His freshman season culminated in the Devils' victory over Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

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 in the Fiesta Bowl

Fiesta Bowl

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, with Clack scoring a third-quarter touchdown. Even as a freshman, Clack's popularity galvanized Arizona State fans, to an extent that metal noisemakers, known as "Darryl Clackers," were sold by stadium vendors.

Clack continued to excel at Arizona State, leading the Pac-10 with an average 93.2 yards rushing per game in his sophomore year and rushing for over 1,000 yards, earning MVP honors, in his junior year. His promising collegiate career was cut short when a broken leg sidelined Clack as a senior.

Professional career

After playing four seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, Clack had brief stops with the Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

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 and Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

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, where he played in a Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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 Grey Cup

Grey Cup

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 championship game. He also had a stop in the World League of American Football

World League of American Football

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.

After football

After his playing days, Clack went to the University of Texas at El Paso

University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...

 to finish work on undergraduate and advanced degrees. He moved around the business world for a time but has settled into the banking business. He is currently a vice president at Compass Bank

Compass Bank

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 in Tempe, Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

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, not far from the Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

campus.