Beryl Clark

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Beryl Leon Clark (October 13, 1917 – January 15, 2000) was an American football player from Cherokee, Oklahoma. He played for Cherokee High School and the Oklahoma Sooners from 1936 to 1939. In 1939, he completed 60.6% of his passes (40 of 66), the best rate in the country, and he led the Sooners with 680 yards from scrimmage and 50 points (eight touchdowns and two extra points) in the Big Six Conference. He earned first-team All-Big Six honors from both the coaches and the AP, and the International News Service named him a second-team All-American.

Clark was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 16th round of the 1940 NFL draft (141st overall) and played 10 games in the 1940 season, with 25 completions for 316 yards and two touchdowns, plus three extra points. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Air Transport Command, flying the Burma–China airlift. He died in 2000 in Cherokee, Oklahoma, at age 82.