Blandy Clarkson

{{Short description|American football coach and college athletics administrator}}

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| name = Blandy Clarkson

| image = Blandy B Clarkson.jpg

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| caption = Clarkson pictured in The Bomb 1922, VMI yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|3|15}}

| birth_place = Millboro, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|12|2|1890|3|15}}

| death_place = Lexington, Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1912

| player_team1 = VMI

| player_years2 = 1917

| player_team2 = Camp Gordon

| player_positions = Tackle

| coach_years1 = 1914–1916, 1919

| coach_team1 = Marion

| coach_years2 = 1920–1926

| coach_team2 = VMI

| admin_years1 = 1926–1946

| admin_team1 = VMI

| overall_record = 44–21–2

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Blandy Benjamin Clarkson (March 15, 1890 – December 2, 1954){{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/lake-charles-american-press/1954-12-03/page-14|newspaper=Lake Charles American Press|date=December 3, 1954|title=Clarkson Dead|accessdate=November 16, 2013}} was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 16th head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, serving for seven seasons from 1920 to 1926, and compiling a record of 44–21–2.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/bigsouth/virginia_military_institute/coaching_records.php |title=Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records |publisher=College Football Date Warehouse |accessdate=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231020447/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/bigsouth/virginia_military_institute/coaching_records.php |archivedate=December 31, 2013 }} Clarkson was also the longest-tenured athletic director in VMI history, having served from 1926 to 1946.{{cite web|url=http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=207646960&DB_OEM_ID=9800|publisher=VMI Keydets|title=White to Retire as VMI Athletic Director|date=May 13, 2013|accessdate=November 16, 2013}} Before his tenure at VMI, he served as head coach at the Marion Military Institute from 1914 -1916 and again in 1919.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84648839/major-clarkson-back-at-marion/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Major Clarkson back at Marion|date=September 14, 1919|accessdate=September 3, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84648897/argo-will-succeed-maj-bb-clarkson-at/|work=The Birmingham News|title=Argo will succeed Maj. B.B. Clarkson at Marion Institute|date=February 17, 1920|accessdate=September 3, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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