Lamar McHan American football player

Clarence Lamar McHan (December 16, 1932 in Lake Village, Arkansas – November 23, 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. McHan played football collegiately at the University of Arkansas. He was ninth in the 1953 Heisman Trophy balloting. McHan played for the Green Bay Packers from 1959-1960. During the 1959 season, McHan was pulled as the starting quarterback by first-year coach Vince Lombardi due to knee injury. Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr would be his replacement. McHan went on to play for the Baltimore Colts and San Francisco 49ers and he played briefly with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 1965. After retiring from football he became an assistant coach at the University of Northern Arizona, and at the University of Texas, Arlington. He later finished out his coaching career with the New Orleans Saints. He died in 1998 of a heart attack.