Dewey McClain

McClain is from Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and attended Okmulgee High School. He then enrolled East Central State University, where he played college football for the East Central Tigers.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9W9JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kIQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3957,3896345&dq=dewey+mcclain&hl=en Youngstown Vindicator – Google News Archive Search] He graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in history, with minor concentrations in psychology, sociology, government, and physical education. He signed with the Atlanta Falcons as a free agent,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zoQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z80EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2918,4233671&dq=dewey+mcclain&hl=en Herald-Journal – Google News Archive Search] and played for Atlanta as a linebacker from 1976 through 1980.{{cite web |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/business/dewey-mcclain-named-local-labor-leader/nTrMd/ |title=Dewey McClain named local labor leader |publisher=www.ajc.com |access-date=November 4, 2013}} Before the 1981 season, the Falcons traded McClain to the Green Bay Packers with Frank Reed for Steve Luke and a draft pick, but he became injured in training camp and did not play for the Packers.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LIQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wM0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4170,4068370&dq=dewey+mcclain&hl=en Herald-Journal – Google News Archive Search]

After sitting out a year, McClain returned to football, playing for the Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League in 1983. When he discovered that Tulsa was receiving a USFL expansion franchise in 1984, the Oklahoma Outlaws, McClain asked to be made available in the expansion draft so that he could play for them, insisting that he would otherwise retire. He exposed in the expansion draft, but selected by the Memphis Showboats. He held out, refusing to report to Memphis. When training camp opened and McClain did not report, the Showboats agreed to trade McClain to Oklahoma for the rights to Horace Ivory.{{cite web |author=Kevin Donovan • |url=http://newsok.com/outlaws-lb-wanted-tulsa-time/article/2057169 |title=Outlaws' LB Wanted Tulsa Time |publisher=News OK |date=February 10, 1984 |access-date=April 15, 2014}} He played for the Outlaws in 1984, before retiring.

McClain was a founding member and president of the Metro Atlanta chapter of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). He served as a member of the National Former Players Board of Directors of the NFLPA.

After he retired from football, McClain went to work for the city of Atlanta. He worked in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs for 18 years, and for the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency for four years. In 2013, McClain became the president of the Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council, an affiliate of the AFL–CIO.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantadailyworld.com/201301102996/Community/former-falcon-dewey-mcclain-is-new-president-of-labor-council |title=Former Falcon Dewey McClain is New President of AFL-CIO Labor Council |publisher=Atlantadailyworld.com |date=October 4, 2013 |access-date=November 4, 2013}}

McClain ran in a special election for the Georgia House of Representatives, to serve the 100th district, which took place on November 5, 2013. He was the only candidate on the ballot, and won the race uncontested.{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Vanzetta |url=http://lilburn.patch.com/groups/elections/p/former-falcon-dewey-mcclain-only-candidate-to-qualify-for-special-house-election_e196f87f |title=Former Falcon Dewey McClain Only Candidate to Qualify for Special House Election – Elections – Lilburn-Mountain Park, GA Patch |publisher=Lilburn.patch.com |date=September 18, 2013 |access-date=November 4, 2013}}[http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/nov/06/your-daily-jolt-we-our-mayors-not-everything-they-/ Your daily jolt: We like our mayors, but not everything they want | Political Insider | www.ajc.com] He was sworn into office on December 5.[http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/dec/06/your-daily-jolt-38-percent-state-lawmakers-are-ale/ Your daily jolt: 38 percent of state lawmakers are ALEC members | Political Insider | www.ajc.com]

McClain lives in Lilburn, Georgia. He met his wife, Linda (née Evans), in high school. The couple have two daughters.

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Category:Living people

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