When the great saxophonist Clarence Clemons died the other day, one of the items that caught my eye was that he had a tryout with the Cleveland Browns in 1965.
Clemons played at Maryland State University from 1961-1965 with the former Jet great Emerson Boozer. Clemons was invited to the Browns training camp for a chance to make the team as a lineman.
Unfortunately, he was involved in a car accident the night before and suffered a serious knee injury that ended his football carer. He decided to pursue his music career and the rest is history with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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