Clarence "Pooh Bear" Williams

American football player (1975–2022)

American football player

Clarence "Pooh Bear" Williams
No. 39
Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	(1975-01-20)January 20, 1975 Crescent City, Florida. U.S.
Died:	February 17, 2022(2022-02-17) (aged 47) Crescent City, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school:	Crescent City (Crescent City, Florida)
College:	Florida State
Undrafted:	1997
Career history
Buffalo Bills (1998)

Career highlights and awards
National champion (1993)


Player stats at PFR

Clarence "Pooh Bear" Williams (January 20, 1975 – February 17, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a running back for the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles.^[1]^[2]^[3] He attended Crescent City High School in Crescent City, Florida, where he rushed for 5,090 yards, the seventh most in Florida high school history at the time.^[4]

Williams’s grandmother nicknamed him "Pooh Bear" when he was a child due to his resemblance to Winnie-the-Pooh.^[5]

Williams played at Florida State from 1993–1996, rushing for 427 yards and scoring 17 touchdowns during his time there.^[6] After graduating, Williams went undrafted, but was signed by the Buffalo Bills. Williams had a brief career in the NFL during the 1998 season, appearing in 3 games and rushing for 5 yards over 2 carries.

From 2016 to 2019, Williams was head varsity football coach at Crescent City High School.^[7]^[8] In 2021, he began work as the defensive backs coach for Palatka High School.^[9]

Williams died in a traffic collision in Crescent City on February 17, 2022, at the age of 47.^[10]

References

^ "Pooh Bear Williams". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
^ "All-Time Players: Clarence Williams". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
^ "Clarence Williams". Buffalo Bills. Archived from the original on October 11, 1999. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
^ Henry, Jim (February 17, 2022). "Former Seminole fullback Clarence 'Pooh Bear' Williams killed in car crash". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ "Clarence Williams". Buffalo Bills. Archived from the original on October 11, 1999. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
^ "Pooh Bear Williams college football stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
^ "Teams - Crescent City Raiders Football (2019) (Crescent City, FL)".
^ Hall, Andy (August 18, 2020). "Leaving The Coaching Ranks". Palatka Daily News. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^ "'Pooh Bear' Williams, FSU football fan favorite, dies in car crash". tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
^ "Former FSU fullback 'Pooh Bear' Williams dies in tragic accident". floridastate.rivals.com. Yahoo!. February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.