William Melville Clemensen (June 20, 1919 – February 18, 1994) was an American

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. He played for the

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. He graduated from

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in 1935, where he was halfback on the football team, a starter on the basketball team, and a pitcher for the baseball team. He graduated when he was sixteen.

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