After a standout football career at Maryland State College, sax man saw fate rob him of a tryout with the Cleveland Browns.
Clarence Clemons (50) as a senior at Maryland State College in 1964 with two senior teammates.The death of Clarence Clemons on Saturday of complications from a recent stroke shook the music world.
The "Big Man" seemed larger than life on stage as Bruce Springsteen's saxophone-toting sidekick.
His passing also rekindles the tale of how fate - an injury in a serious car accident - robbed Clemons of a tryout with the Cleveland Browns.
Before he joined Springsteen and the E Street Band, Clemons was a 6-2, 250-pound center on offense and a defensive end for the Maryland State College Hawks with sights on the NFL.
"I was looking toward a pro career," he told The Plain Dealer a few months ago, "but God had another plan for me."
Instead, music became his life, but football remained a passion.
"I loved the sport, I loved the game," he said by phone at the time from his home near West Palm Beach, Fla.
For those who may have missed the story in February, here's a link.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2011/06/when_clarence_clemons_almost_g.html
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