Hall of Fame
Position: Fullback
Years: 1946-1949
Place of Birth: Britton, OK
Date of Birth: Jan 01, 1925
Place of Death: Annapolis, MD
Date of Death: Jun 19, 2010
Jersey Number: 50
Height: 5-10
Weight: 210
High School: Norfolk, VA (Maury HS)
Jack "Flying" Cloud set a school scoring record of 102 points in 1947 for William & Mary. He scored five touchdowns in one game. The New York Sun named him All-America in 1947, and Newspaper Enterprise Association picked him in 1948. Grantland Rice wrote, "Jack Cloud may be the closest thing to Jim Thorpe. No fancy Dan, he is a throwback to the old style, head-down-and-plow type who churns out yardage in chunks." Cloud had another connection with Thorpe. Like Thorpe, he was of Indian descent. Cloud came out of Britton, Oklahoma, served three years as an Air Force gunner before college. He played professionally with Green Bay and Washington, then went back to William & Mary for a year as assistant coach. It was anchors away and the U.S. Navy after that. From 1955-1958 he was athletic director and head coach at Norfolk Naval Station. Then he joined the staff at the U.S. Naval Academy. Over a 22-year period he was plebe coach, lightweight coach, or assistant varsity coach. He remained on the faculty as associate professor of physical education and special assistant to the director of athletics. He retired from U.S. Naval Academy in 1990
