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Clarence Scott

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Retired Football Star To Discuss Career

Clarence Scott, one of the greatest players to come out of Decatur, will talk about his collegiate and pro career Saturday at the Hairston Crossing Library in Stone Mountain.

Clarence Scott, one of Decatur's greatest football players, will talk about his college and pro football career from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Hairston Crossing Library at 4911 Redan Road in Stone Mountain. Scott, 63, was part of the last class at Decatur's all-black Trinity High before the public schools integrated. Trinity High met in what is now called the Beacon Hill Center on West Trinity Place. He was an All-American defensive back at Kansas State in 1970 and played from 1971 to 1983 with he Cleveland Browns. The Browns recently inducted Scott into the Brown Legends, an honorary group of former players for the team. Scott now lives in Stone Mountain. Last year he was added to Decatur High's Wall of Fame.  

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Cleveland Browns Honor Clarence Scott

Scott played at pre-integration Trinity High in Decatur before starring at Kansas State and the National Football League.

Clarence Scott, who played football at pre-integration Trinity High in Decatur in the 1960s, has been inducted into the Browns Legends, an honorary group of prominent Cleveland Browns football players. Scott, who now lives in the Stone Mountain, and running back Ernie Green formally entered the Browns Legends Sept. 23 before the Browns-Bills game in Cleveland. Scott said to the Morning Journal website in Northern Ohio, “It (the Legends induction) is a tremendous honor for me. I’ve been a Cleveland Browns fan since sixth grade. Jim Brown was my favorite player. We got a lot of East Coast games — Browns Redskins, Giants — and Cleveland was my favorite team." The Decatur Active Living website noted, Scott, 63, played for the Browns from 1971 …

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