Clarence Ellis

{{Short description|American football player (born 1950)}}

{{For|the American computer scientist|Clarence Ellis (computer scientist)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Clarence Ellis

|number=29

|position=Safety

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|2|11|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.

|height_ft=5

|weight_lb=193

|height_in=11

|high_school=Central (MI)

|college=Notre Dame

|draftyear=1972

|draftround=1

|draftpick=15

|pastteams=* Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1972|1974}})

|highlights=* Consensus All-American (1971)

• First-team All-American (1970)

|statlabel1=Interceptions

|statvalue1=8

|statlabel2=Fumble recoveries

|statvalue2=3

|statlabel3=Sacks

|statvalue3=1.0

|pfr=ElliCl20

}}

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{{BLP sources|date=January 2014}}

Clarence Ellis (born February 11, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was the Falcons' first pick in the 1972 NFL draft.{{cite book |date=1974 |editor1-last=Poretz |editor1-first=Art |title=Illustrated Digest of Pro Football |location=New York|publisher=Stadia Sports Publishing |page=10 }}

He played college football at Notre Dame, where he was an All-American and part of the Fighting Irish team that defeated the previously undefeated Texas Longhorns in the 1971 Cotton Bowl game.