Bulldog Turner

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Bulldog Turner
Date of birth March 10, 1919
Place of birth Sweetwater, Texas
Date of death October 30, 1998
Place of death Gatesville, Texas
Position(s) Linebacker, Center
College Hardin-Simmons
NFL Draft 1940 / Round 1/ Pick 7
Career Highlights
Honors NFL 1940s All-Decade Team
Retired #s Chicago Bears #66
Career Record 5-9-0
Stats
Playing Stats DatabaseFootball
Coaching Stats DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1940-1952 Chicago Bears
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1962 New York Jets
College Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1966

Clyde Douglas (Bulldog) Turner (March 10, 1919 – October 30, 1998) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears.

Turner, coming out of Hardin-Simmons University, was the Bears first round draft pick in the 1940 draft. But, at first at least, Turner didn't want to be on the Bears. It turned out that the Detroit Lions' owner paid him $200 to "get his teeth fixed" and turn down other teams proposals. The Detroit Lions were fined $5000 for tampering and the Chicago Bears got a great two-way player.

Clyde "Bulldog" Turner was big for his day, (6-2, 235) however he was smart and very fast. A six time all-pro center, and a steady linebacker, Turner intercepted 4 passes in 5 nfl title games. In 1942, he led the league record in interceptions (8). He said that he studied all 11 assignments for all plays, which came in handy when some players were ejected for fighting one game in '43. Teammate George Musso once said of Bulldog, "Who knows what kind of player he would have been if he ever got to rest during a game?"

Turner served as head coach for the 1962 season of the New York Titans (now the New York Jets) of the American Football League. Under his leadership, the team finished last in the Eastern Conference with a 5-9 record.

Preceded by
Sammy Baugh		 New York Titans Head Coaches
1962		 Succeeded by
Weeb Ewbank
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Chicago Bears 1940 NFL Champions
Lee Artoe | Al Baisi | Frank Bausch | Ray Bray | Chet Chesney | Harry Clark | Gary Famiglietti | Aldo Forte | Danny Fortmann | Ken Kavanaugh | Ed Kolman | Sid Luckman | Jack Manders | Joe Maniaci | Eggs Manske | Phil Martinovich | Bernie Masterson | George McAfee | Ray McLean | Joe Mihal | George Musso | Ray Nolting | Bob Nowaskey | Bill Osmanski | Dick Plasman | Hamp Pool | Solly Sherman | John Siegal | Bob Snyder | Joe Stydahar | Bob Swisher | Jack Torrance | Bulldog Turner | George Wilson
Head Coach George Halas
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Chicago Bears 1941 NFL Champions
Lee Artoe | Al Baisi | Ray Bray | Young Bussey | Harry Clark | Gary Famiglietti | John Federovitch | Aldo Forte | Danny Fortmann | Hugh Gallarneau | Bill Hughes | Ken Kavanaugh | Ed Kolman | Hal Lahar | Sid Luckman | Joe Maniaci | Al Matuza | George McAfee | Ray McLean | Joe Mihal | George Musso | Ray Nolting | Bob Nowaskey | Bill Osmanski | Dick Plasman | Hamp Pool | John Siegal | Bob Snyder | Norm Standlee | Joe Stydahar | Bob Swisher | Bulldog Turner | George Wilson
Head Coach George Halas
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Chicago Bears 1943 NFL Champions
Al Babartsky | Jim Benton | Connie Mack Berry | Harry Clark | Bernie Digris | Gary Famiglietti | Danny Fortmann | Bill Geyer | Pete Gudauskas | Al Hoptowit | Tony Ippolito | Jim Logan | Sid Luckman | Dante Magnani | Bob Masters | Al Matuza | Doug McEnulty | Ray McLean | Monte Merkel | Fred Mundee | George Musso | Bronko Nagurski | Ray Nolting | Bill Osmanski | Hamp Pool | John Siegal | Dom Sigillo | Bob Snyder | Bill Steinkemper | Bob Steuber | Bulldog Turner | Joe Vodicka | George Wilson
Head Coach Luke Johnsos
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Chicago Bears 1946 NFL Champions
Al Baisi | Connie Mack Berry | Ray Bray | Stu Clarkson | Fred Davis | Chuck Drulis | Tom Farris | John Federovitch | Aldo Forte | Hugh Gallarneau | Bill Geyer | Mike Jarmoluk | Ken Kavanaugh | Jim Keane | Ed Kolman | Walt Lamb | Sid Luckman | Dante Magnani | Bob Margarita | Frank Maznicki | George McAfee | Ray McLean | Rudy Mucha | Noah Mullins | Bill Osmanski | Joe Osmanski | Don Perkins | Pat Preston | Lloyd Reese | John Schiechl | Dick Schweidler | Ed Sprinkle | Walt Stickel | Joe Stydahar | Bulldog Turner | George Wilson
Head Coach George Halas
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New York Titans/Jets Head Coaches
Baugh • Turner • Ewbank • Winner • Shipp • Holtz • Holovak • Michaels • Walton • Coslet • Carroll • Kotite • Parcells • Groh • Edwards • Mangini
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NFL's 1940s All-Decade Team
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