| Clyde Conner | |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Macon, Mississippi |
| Death Place: | Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
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Clyde Raymond Conner (August 4, 1884 - January 24, 1919) was a college football player, prominent lawyer of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and once United States Commissioner.[1]
Conner was a prominent tackle for both the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi and a prominent center for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia.
In a 21 to 0 Egg Bowl victory, Conner "plunged through the line at will" according to the Memphis paper.
He was selected All-Southern in 1906.[2]
He was also selected All-Southern in 1903, the year he played with Virginia.[3] [4]
Conner died at his home on January 24, 1919, of blood poisoning. While at a barber shop he had an inverted hair removed from his neck. No trouble resulted until two days later it became quite irritated.[1]