Clifford Henry Frazier (23 November 1952 – 17 August 2014) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player and actor. Born in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

, he was a defensive tackle for the

Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The ...

, starting 12 of 14 games for the Chiefs in 1977. He had played college football for the

UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pac-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) ...

, where he was a member of their 1976 Rose Bowl Game championship team. He was selected for the College All-Star Game after his senior year. Frazier was the 41st pick in the 2nd round of the 1976 NFL draft by the Chiefs. He was traded to the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play ...

before the 1976 season in exchange for two future draft picks. The Eagles traded him to the Los Angeles Rams after the season, but the Rams cut him. The Chiefs re-signed him before the 1977 season. After one season with the Chiefs, Frazier decided to retire. After retiring from professional football, Frazier had roles in several films, including

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and

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. He played the character of Jethro Snell in 79 (of 80) episodes of HBO's football comedy 1st & 10 between 1984 and 1991.

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Obituary in The Kansas City Star
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frazier, Cliff 1952 births 2014 deaths American football defensive tackles Kansas City Chiefs players Philadelphia Eagles players UCLA Bruins football players Players of American football from St. Louis