{{Short description|American football player (1917–1998)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Clark Goff | number = 64 | position = Tackle | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|12|6|mf=y}} | birth_place = North Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|2|3|1917|12|6|mf=y}} | death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 225 | high_school = North Braddock (PA) Scott Township | college = Florida | draftyear = 1940 | draftround = 5 | draftpick = 33 | pastteams = * Pittsburgh Pirates ({{NFL Year|1940}}) | highlights = * Third-team All-SEC (1939) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 11 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 5 | pfr = GoffCl20 }}
'''Clark William Goff''' (December 6, 1917 – February 3, 1998) was an American college and professional football player who was a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for a single season in 1940. Goff played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates (now known as the Pittsburgh Steelers).
== Early life ==
He was born in North Braddock, Pennsylvania.<ref name=pfrprofile>Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KoneFl20.htm Clark Goff]. Retrieved October 11, 2014.</ref> Goff attended Scott Township High School in North Braddock.<ref name=dbfprofile>databaseFootball.com, Players, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141018101009/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GOFFCLA01 Clark Goff]}}. Retrieved October 11, 2014.</ref>
== College career ==
Goff accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Josh Cody's Florida Gators football team from 1937 to 1939.<ref name=ufmediaguide>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2014/media_guide.pdf 2014 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903222448/http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2014/media_guide.pdf |date=September 3, 2014 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 87, 95, 103, 105, 115, 178 (2014). Retrieved October 11, 2014.</ref> Goff was the Gators' team captain and earned third-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors during his 1939 senior season.<ref name=ufmediaguide/>
== Professional career ==
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Goff in the fifth round (33rd pick overall) of the 1940 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played at left tackle for the Pirates during the {{NFL Year|1940}} season.<ref name=nflprofile>National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/player/clarkgoff/2514994/profile Clark Goff]. Retrieved October 11, 2014.</ref> During his single season with the Pirates, he played in all eleven regular season games, and started five of them.<ref name=pfrprofile/>
== See also ==
{{Portal|American football|College football}} * Florida Gators football, 1930–39 * List of Pittsburgh Steelers players * List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft * List of University of Florida alumni
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