CLYDE WASHINGTON
Cornerback
No. 42
Purdue
"Signed as a free agent a year ago, Clyde Washington looms as a potential All-AFL defensive back this season. He wrote the Jets, asking for a tryout, and not only made the club but developed into a cornerback star.
Out of Purdue, he was a star halfback and also a .316 hitter on the baseball team. In high school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he had been a record-breaking basketball scorer. No wonder teammates call him Mr. Everything.
During the off-season, he's a phys-ed director for the Boys Club of Boston."
-Dave Anderson, Pro Football Handbook 1964
"Rejected by the Patriots after two dull seasons, Clyde Washington was unable to find a football future until the Jets signed him as a free agent in '63. After a year of inactivity he was surprisingly alert in the defensive backfield and matured swiftly as a corner man toward the end of the season.
Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the 26-year-old believes in helping youths to better minds and bodies and is a director of physical education for the Boys' Club of Boston.
A better perception of the moves made by the receivers taking down-and-in shots will increase his playing value."
-Don Schiffer, Pro Football 1964
"Clyde first saw action in the American Football League with the Boston Patriots in 1960 and 1961. The Jets quickly signed up the defensive back when he became a free agent in 1962.
With Purdue, Clyde put in an outstanding athletic career. Besides playing halfback for the Purdue football team, Clyde was a star basketball player- he set a record by scoring 750 points in one season."
-1964 Topps No. 129
MARSHALL STARKS
Cornerback
No. 25
Illinois
"Discovered in a free agent tryout camp a few weeks before training camp opened last season, Marshall Starks developed into a solid defensive back who should continue to improve this season. He's one of the fastest men in pro football. In addition, he's a hard worker, constantly watching movies to improve his own techniques and to pick up tell-tale secrets of enemy pass receivers.
Out of the University of Illinois, he was given a brief trial by the NFL Cardinals in 1962.
He set an AFL record with a 97-yard field goal return."
-Dave Anderson, Pro Football Handbook 1964
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