Clarence Fincke | |
Currentposition: | Quarterback |
Birth Date: | October 12, 1874 |
Death Place: | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
Pastschools: | Yale (1894 - 1896) |
School: | Yale Bulldogs |
Highschool: | The Hill School |
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Clarence Mann Fincke (October 12, 1874 – June 19, 1959) was an All-American football player and a banker. He played football for Yale University from 1894 to 1896, mostly at quarterback and some at fullback, and was selected as the quarterback for the 1896 College Football All-America Team.
Fincke attended The Hill School before enrolling at Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1] At Yale, Fincke played on the football team from 1894 to 1896. Fincke was 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighed 160 pounds.[2] He was voted captain of the 1895 football team, and a Massachusetts newspaper that year called Fincke "the steadiest player" on Yale's team.[2] His tackling in an 1895 game against the Carlisle Indian School helped prevent the Carlisle team from scoring on Yale.[3]
Fincke also played third base for the baseball team. One newspaper reported that he was "a good fielder and thrower" but "weak at the bat."[4]
Fincke was popular among the Yale student body. He was voted the handsomest man in his Yale class and the most popular.[5] Upon his graduation in 1897, Fincke was also voted as the member of his class who had done the most for Yale.[6]
After graduating from Yale, Fincke served as the football coach at The Hill School.[7] He later went into the banking business and became the president and chairman of the board of Greenwich Savings Bank in New York.[8] He died at Englewood, New Jersey in 1959 at age 84.[8]