Don King | Record-Setting Performances
Editor’s Note - For each program in 2022, Tim Bourret chronicles a great individual performance in Clemson history. Today is the first installment. One of the oldest standards in the Clemson media guide is the record for rushing yards in a game by a freshman. It was set by Don King in 1952 against Fordham in Clemson’s first and still only game played in New York City. There were many oddities about this game at Triborough Stadium on Randall’s Island, and I recently received a first-hand account from Brent Breedin, who was the Clemson sports information director in 1952. Breedin is still ...