Ken Clark (punter)

{{Short description|Canadian football punter (1948–2021)}}

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

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Ken Clark

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|5|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Southampton, England, U.K.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|8|1948|5|26|mf=y}}

| death_place = Elmvale, Ontario, Canada

| team =

| number = 13

| status =

| import = no

| position1 = Punter

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 200

| CIS = Saint Mary's (Halifax)

| playing_years1 = 1974

| playing_team1 = Portland Storm (WFL)

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1975}}–{{CFL Year|1978}}

| playing_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1978}}

| playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years4 = 1979

| playing_team4 = Los Angeles Rams (NFL)

| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|1980}}–{{CFL Year|1983}}

| playing_team5 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|1983}}–{{CFL Year|1987}}

| playing_team6 = Ottawa Rough Riders

| career_highlights =

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1977}}, {{CFL Year|1980}}, {{CFL Year|1982}}, {{CFL Year|1985}}

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1977}}, {{CFL Year|1985}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1980}}, {{CFL Year|1982}}

| honors = All-WFL (1974)

| DatabaseFootball = CLARKKEN01

}}

Kenneth Lawrence Clark (May 26, 1948 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian professional gridiron football punter who played seventeen seasons in the Canadian Football League, World Football League, and National Football League. In 1973 He led Saint Mary's University to a 14–6 win over McGill University to win the Vanier Cup, and won the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy as the game's Most Valuable Player.Canadian Interuniversity Sport. [http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fball/history/vanier_cup_history "CIS: Vanier Cup History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521062934/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fball/history/vanier_cup_history |date=2016-05-21 }}. Retrieved on May 4, 2013. He was a punter for the Portland Storm of the WFL in 1974.Eugene Register-Guard. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19740919&id=ezRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4ucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3598,4780921 "Storm makes it in nick"]. September 19, 1974, p. 1C. Retrieved on May 4, 2013. He played in Super Bowl XIV for the Los Angeles Rams,Zimmerman, Paul. [https://www.si.com/vault/1980/01/28/824336/they-were-just-too-much-the-scrappy-rams-had-em-on-the-ropes-in-super-bowl-xiv-but-the-steelers-old-pros-prevailed-once-again" They Were Just Too Much"]. Sports Illustrated, January 28, 1980. Retrieved on October 31, 2016. becoming the second Canadian to play in a Super Bowl.

Clark died at the age of 73 on August 8, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/former-saskatchewan-roughriders-punter-ken-clark-remembered-as-a-great-teammate|title=Former Saskatchewan Roughriders punter Ken Clark remembered as 'a great teammate'|first=Rob|last=Vanstone|date=August 9, 2021|work=Regina Leader-Post}}