Born October 6, 1892, Eldred, Pa. Died June 1981.

The head track coach at the University of Texas in Austin for 41 years, Clyde Littlefield was on the 1952 Olympic coaching staff and during his long tenure in Austin developed some of the top sprint relay teams in the world.

He was co-founder of the Texas Relays and was the Longhorns' head football coach for six years, winning two conference titles. Littlefield was also an out standing athlete at Texas and was all-conference in football, basketball and track, earning four letters in each sport. He became the Longhorns' track coach in 1920 and until his retirement in 1961, he produced 25 Southwest Conference team titles, 12 national collegiate individual champions and three Olympians. His relay teams set world records in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 220-yard relays and posted world bests in the sprint and distance medley relays.