Franklin Clarke - Personal Life

Personal Life

He became the first African American TV Sports anchor in Dallas and at CBS.

On weekends, Clarke anchored sports reports for WFAA-TV (Channel 8) when not working NFL games for CBS. During the week, he threw himself into work at a bank and at the youth council.

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