Pinball clemons biography of martin

1965—

Professional football player, coach

Football is generally considered a large man's game. Every once in a while, however, a pint-sized player arrives on the scene with skills so sublime that they more than compensate for lack of size.

Standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds, Michael "Pinball" Clemons, one of the Canadian Football League's all-time greats, was such a player. Since the end of his playing days in 2000, he has proven himself to be a pretty good coach as well.

Michael Lutrell Clemons was born on January 15, 1965, in Dunedin, Florida, a small town near St.

Petersburg.

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His mother, Anna O'Neal, was 18 years old when Clemons was born. His father, Willie James Clemons, was attending Florida A & M University and serving as a student teacher at a high school in nearby Clearwater. Willie Clemons offered to marry Ms.

O'Neal when she became pregnant, but she declined, having no interest in a "forced" marriage. The arrival of Michae