Claire Alanson Frye (May 10, 1899 – October 16, 1971) was a

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player.

College football

Frye played football for many years. In 1917 and 1918 he was All A. E. F.

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. He scrubbed at Tech a year and won

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in 1921, 1922, and 1923. Frye was selected All-Southern in 1922 and 1923. In 1922 he received more votes at the center position than the likes of

Clyde Propst Ralph Clyde "Shorty" Propst (May 12, 1898 – October 13, 1959) was an American college football player and coach. He served as head coach at both Howard and Southwestern from 1934 to 1937. During his tenure as a head coach, Propst had an overa ...

and

Ed Kubale Edwin C. Kubale (November 22, 1899 – February 4, 1971) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1928 to 1937 and Southwestern Presbyterian University—now know ...

. He and two other men were once accused of severely assaulting a man, then forcing him to kneel in apology before a well-known society girl for an alleged insult.

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