Mario Clark

{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| number = 29

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 194

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|29}}

| birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S.

| position = Cornerback

| college = Oregon

| high_school = Pasadena (CA)

| draftyear = 1976

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 18

| pfr =

| teams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Interceptions

| statvalue1 = 26

| statlabel2 = INT yards

| statvalue2 = 438

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 3

| statlabel4 = Sacks

| statvalue4 = 1

| statlabel5 = Games played

| statvalue5 = 126

}}

Mario Sean Clark (born March 29, 1954) is an American former professional football player who played as a cornerback for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Chris|title=A Nearly Perfect Season: The Inside Story of the 1984 San Francisco 49ers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQ4WBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA212|access-date=1 February 2016|year=2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9781442236424|page=212}} in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Oregon.{{cite book|last=Gehman|first=Jim|title="Then Levy Said to Kelly... ": The Best Buffalo Bills Stories Ever Told|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPnMrniy2JoC&pg=PT6|access-date=1 February 2016|year=2008|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781617490170|page=6}}

While playing with the Bills, Clark recorded 25 NFL interceptions by the age of 27. He added just one more interception for the remainder of his career, finishing with a total of 26 interceptions. Clark won a Super Bowl championship in 1984 as a member of the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XIX.

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