Clarence McGeary

McGeary was selected in the 30th round (281st overall) of the 1948 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.^[12] He was also selected in the 30th round (212th overall) of the 1948 AAFC Draft, but chose to remain in college instead of immediately sign with a professional team.^[13][14] He signed with the Packers in July 1950.^[7] In his first season, he played all 12 games and was used as a first-string defensive tackle; he also saw time as a tackle on offense as a fill-in for injured players.^[13][15] He was released by the Packers on September 25, 1951.^[16]

Shortly after being released by the Packers, McGeary signed with the Montreal Alouettes Canadian football team.^[17] He appeared in seven games for the team at tackle, starting all of them, although he later noted that Canadian football "didn't compare with the NFL."^[6][15] He retired from football in 1952 and then served with the Bismarck, North Dakota, station KFYR-TV as an announcer; he also had a television program with them and was a play-by-play broadcaster for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.^[13] He stayed in shape by playing semi-professional basketball and attempted a comeback in June 1955 by re-signing with the Packers.^[13] He left the team in July 1955 after having a chest infection.^[18]

McGeary had a daughter while with the Packers, and he learned of her birth through an announcement by the public address announcer during one of his games.^[19] He had six children in total.^[20] He continued his broadcasting career after the end of his playing career and also became a professional wrestler during his football career.^[21] In order to supplement his income while playing, McGeary said that, in addition to wrestling, he also bet on Packers games each week.^[20] As a wrestler, he competed in around 1,500 matches and had a tag team with Bronco Nagurski, who was his favorite player growing up.^[20]

In 1959, he coached a football team known as the South Broward Volunteers in Florida. The following year he began operating bowling alleys with boxer Rocky Marciano.^[15][20][22] After selling his share of the bowling alleys to Marciano in the 1960s, McGeary became a founder of the Federation of Christian Athletes and worked in the marina business.^[20] He died on April 6, 1993, at the age of 66 in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1]