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| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1915-09-13)September 13, 1915 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1992(1992-07-07) (aged 76) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Evanston (Evanston, Illinois) |
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Clinton E. Frank (September 13, 1915 – July 7, 1992) was an Americanfootball player and advertising executive. He played as ahalfback for theYale Bulldogs, where he won both theHeisman Trophy and theMaxwell Award in 1937. In 1954, he founded the Clinton E. Frank, Inc. advertising agency.
Frank attendedEvanston Township High School inEvanston, Illinois, where he became known as a superb football player. He then attendedLawrenceville School as apost-graduate student.
Frank attendedYale College, where he was a member ofSkull and Bones,[1] and graduated with a degree in economics in 1938. Playing for theYale Bulldogs football team, he was a first-team selection to the All-America Teams of1936 and1937, the latter being a unanimous selection. As a senior, he was captain of the1937 Bulldogs,[2] and scored three touchdowns in Yale's 19–0 victory over Brown.[3] Frank won both theHeisman Trophy andMaxwell Award for the 1937 season.[4] He beat outByron "Whizzer" White for the Heisman Trophy; White later became a justice of theU.S. Supreme Court.
Frank was selected in the 12th round of the1938 NFL draft by theDetroit Lions, but he did not sign and never played professional football.[5]
Frank was married to Margaret Rathje Frank, with whom he had three sons and six daughters.[3]
Clint Frank attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in theArmy Air Corps, serving as an aide to GeneralJimmy Doolittle duringWorld War II. Following the war he resumed his career in advertising.
Frank joined the Chicago advertising firm ofBlackett-Sample-Hummert Inc., where he was employed for ten years before being promoted to advertising manager ofE.J. Brach and Sons, the famed candy producer. Frank became a full partner in the advertising agency of Price, Robinson and Frank. He was able to transition this agency into his own with him as owner and president. In 1954 Frank established Clinton E. Frank Inc., aChicago based advertising agency which was sold toCampbell-Ewald Co. ofDetroit in 1976.[6]
One of Clinton E. Frank Agency's most memorable clients was the flashyDallas-basedBraniff International Airways. Frank obtained the account in 1969 from famed advertising executiveGeorge Lois. The Frank Agency created the "El Clan, Braniff" advertising scheme for Braniff's growing South American Route System. They also created the highly unique Braniff "You'll Like Flying Braniff Style" Campaign. Both campaigns came complete with musical jingles which were debuted in 1971.[7]
Frank founded the Brain Research Foundation at the University of Chicago and the Eye Research Institute in Boston. While in retirement, he founded the American Academy of Arts.
Frank died at Evanston Hospital inEvanston, Illinois after a brief illness at the age of 76.[3]