Clarkie Mayfield

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1941–1977)}}

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| name = Clarkie Mayfield

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|10|11}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|5|28|1941|10|11}}

| death_place = Southgate, Kentucky, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1960–1962

| player_team1 = Kentucky

| player_positions = Halfback, placekicker

| coach_years1 = 1963–1966

| coach_team1 = LaRue County HS (KY) (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1967–1968

| coach_team2 = Franklin-Simpson HS (KY) (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1969–1973

| coach_team3 = Jacksonville State (OC/QB/RB)

| coach_years4 = 1974–1976

| coach_team4 = Jacksonville State

| overall_record = 22–11 (college)

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| championships = 1 GSC (1974)

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Herman Clark Mayfield (October 11, 1941 – May 28, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, from 1974 to 1976, compiling a record of 22–11.{{cite web|url=https://jsugamecocksports.com/sports/2019/8/19/2019-jsu-football-media-guide.aspx|title=2019 JSU Football Media Guide|year=2019|publisher=Jacksonville State Gamecocks|access-date=November 15, 2019}}

As a player at the University of Kentucky in 1962, Mayfield's field goal clinched a victory against Tennessee in the season's final game. He died on May 28, 1977, in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky.{{cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-football/article44131104.html|title=Clarkie Mayfield, ex-Cat, in life and death, refused to back down|first=Mark|last=Story|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=October 16, 2011|access-date=November 15, 2019}}