Cliff Frazier

{{Short description|American football player and actor (1952–2014)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Cliff Frazier

|image=Kansas City Chiefs.jpg

|number=61

|position=Defensive tackle

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1952|11|23|mf=y}}

|birth_place=St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|weight_lb=265

|height_in=4

|college=UCLA

|draftyear=1976

|draftround=2

|draftpick=41

|pastteams=* Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1977}})

|highlights=

• First-team All-American (1975)
• First-team All-Pac-8 (1975)

|statlabel1=Sacks

|statvalue1=1.0

|pfr=FrazCl20

}}

Clifford Henry Frazier (23 November 1952 – 17 August 2014) was an American football player and actor. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was a defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, starting 12 of 14 games for the Chiefs in 1977.{{cite web|title=Cliff Frazier|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FrazCl20.htm|publisher=Pro Football Reference}} He had played college football for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a member of their 1976 Rose Bowl Game championship team.{{cite web|title=Dynamite Bruins Stagger Ohio St.|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|date=January 2, 1976|page=34|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19760102&id=fr4RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7125,444489&hl=en|accessdate=2015-09-07}}{{cite news|title=Cliff Frazier Never Left Camp|newspaper=The Fort Scott Tribune|date=August 5, 1976|page=10|accessdate=2015-09-07|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1906&dat=19760805&id=y9chAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bp8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3946,5755613&hl=en}}{{cite news|title=Chiefs Feel Good About Their Picks|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|date=April 7, 1976|page=16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19760407&id=vrgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=euUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5582,1422620&hl=en|accessdate=2015-09-07}} He was selected for the College All-Star Game after his senior year.{{cite news|title=Football All-Stars Selected|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19760516&id=77QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MtUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4227,1684835&hl=en|accessdate=2015-09-07|newspaper=The Southeast Missourian|date=May 16, 1976|page=18}}

Frazier was the 41st pick in the 2nd round of the 1976 NFL draft by the Chiefs. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles before the 1976 season in exchange for two future draft picks. The Eagles traded him to the Los Angeles Rams after the season, but the Rams cut him.{{cite news|title=Frazier Back, Waddell Cut By Chiefs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19770907&id=Tns1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=DuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2381,796094&hl=en|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|date=September 7, 1977|page=19|accessdate=2015-09-07}} The Chiefs re-signed him before the 1977 season.{{cite news|title=Transactions|newspaper=The Times-News|page=13|date=September 7, 1977|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19770907&id=UaBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1218,785619&hl=en|accessdate=2015-09-07}} After one season with the Chiefs, Frazier decided to retire.{{cite news|title=Chiefs' Frazier Won't Be Back|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=July 9, 1978|page=E14|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19780709&id=I_0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HM0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6783,4862382&hl=en|accessdate=2015-09-07}}

After retiring from professional football, Frazier had roles in several films, including North Dallas Forty, Vice Squad and House Party. He played the character of Jethro Snell in 79 (of 80) episodes of HBO's football comedy 1st & 10 between 1984 and 1991.