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Distinguished Former Clemson Player and Coach Passes Away
PICKENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUL 18 – Willie Anderson was the only Clemson player to earn first-team All-ACC honors and coach on a national championship team, recognized for a record 21 tackles in a single game.
- On Friday, Clemson University announced Willie Anderson died in Sumter on Wednesday.
- A native of Mayesville, South Carolina, Anderson arrived at Clemson in 1971, later becoming the only person to earn first-team All-ACC honors as a player and serve as a full-time assistant coach on a national championship team.
- Recording 17 first hits and 21 tackles in his final Clemson game, earning Sports Illustrated’s National Player of the Week and AP’s National Lineman of the Week, according to Clemsontigers.com post.
- In 1982, Anderson coached the defensive line with coordinator Tom Harper, then was hired by Jimmy Johnson at Oklahoma State in 1983 and later coached at Langston University.
- Following his Clemson career, he started 31 of Clemson’s 33 games from 1972 to 1974, Clemson University said.
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Former Clemson player, assistant coach Willie Anderson dies at 72
Former Clemson player and coach Willie Anderson has died. He was 72. Anderson was the only person in Clemson football history to earn first-time All-ACC honors as a player and serve as a full-time assistant coach on a national championship team for the Tigers.
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