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| Born: | New York, New York, U.S. |
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| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1914–1917 | Yale |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/ |  U.S. Navy |
| Years of service | 1918–1919 |
| Unit | USS President Lincoln |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Clinton Rutherford "Cupe" Black Jr. (October 3, 1894[1] – October 8, 1963) was an American football player.
Black enrolled at Yale University and, while there, played on the Yale Bulldogs football team. He was captain of the 1916 Yale Bulldogs[2] and a consensus first-team choice for the 1916 College Football All-America Team.[3] He wore No. 1 that year, the first time Yale donned numbers.[4] In 1920 Black was rumoured to restart the Massillon Tigers pro football team, and enter the team in the newly formed American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football League in 1922), however he later turned down the offer.[5]
- ^ Draft registration card for Clinton Rutherford Black, Jr., born October 3, 1894, in New York, New York. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line].
- ^ "Cupid Black Chosen Yale Football Captain for 1916". The Day (Afternoon ed.): 12. December 1, 1915.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2012. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ Sam Rubin (2006). Yale Football. p. 46. ISBN 9780738545325.
- ^ PFRA Research. "Associating in Obscurity 1920" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2010.