Clarence Ellis

Clarence Ellis (born February 11, 1950) is a former American football safety with the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round in the 1972 NFL Draft.

He played his college football at Notre Dame, where he was an All-American and part of the Fighting Irish team that defeated the previously undefeated Texas Longhorns in the 1971 Cotton Bowl game.

1971 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Pat Sullivan RB Ed Marinaro RB Johnny Musso RB Greg Pruitt E Terry Beasley E Johnny Rodgers OT Dave Joyner OT Jerry Sisemore G Reggie McKenzie G Royce Smith C Tom Brahaney

Defense	DL Willie Harper DL Larry Jacobson DL Mel Long DL Walt Patulski DL Sherman White LB Jeff Siemon LB Mike Taylor DB Tommy Casanova DB Clarence Ellis DB Ernie Jackson DB Bobby Majors

1972 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Walt Patulski Sherman White Lionel Antoine Ahmad Rashād Riley Odoms Greg Sampson Willie Buchanon Royce Smith Jerome Barkum Jeff Siemon Jerry Tagge Craig Clemons Franco Harris John Reaves Clarence Ellis Herb Orvis Eldridge Small Thom Darden Terry Beasley Mike Taylor Mike Siani Tom Drougas Jeff Kinney Larry Jacobson Mike Kadish Bill Thomas

Draft years 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Atlanta Falcons first-round draft picks

Nobis Johnson Humphrey Kunz Small Profit Ellis Bartkowski Bean Bryant Faumuina Kenn D. Smith J. Miller Butler Riggs Pitts Bryan Fralic Casillas Green C. Miller Bruce Sanders Collins Broussard Pickens Pritchard Whitfield T. Smith Kennedy Bush Booker Brooking Kerney Vick Duckett Hall Jenkins White Anderson Ryan Baker Jerry Weatherspoon Jones

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

Atlanta Falcons 1972 NFL Draft selections

Clarence Ellis Pat Sullivan Steve Okoniewski Rosie Manning Les Goodman Andrew Howard Billy Taylor Ralph Cindrich Mike Perfetti Fred Riley Lance Moon Henry Brandon Ray Easterling Jack Phillips Larry Mialik Henry Sovio Tom Chandler Oscar Jenkins Larry Butler Bill Holland

Persondata
Name	Ellis, Clarence
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	February 11, 1950
Place of birth	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Date of death
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Famous quotes containing the words clarence and/or ellis:

“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
—Richard Sherman, songwriter, Robert Sherman, songwriter, and Clarence Brown. A Spoonful of Sugar (song)

“It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution.”
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)