The football world is in mourning after the tragic news was passed down that a former Florida State Seminoles and NFL’s Buffalo Bills fullback that passed away this week.
Clarence ‘Pooh Bear’ Williams, a key player on the great Florida State teams of the early 1990s, tragically lost his life in a car wreck, according to a report from Warchant. He was just 47 years old.
The Palatka High School football team’s, where he was an assistant coach, social media accounts first reported the news.
“It is with a heavy heart I inform the Panther community that we lost a fellow Panther today,” the team said in a statement on Twitter. “Coach Pooh Bear Williams is a dear friend, mentor, and brother. Prayers to the family, the Crescent City community, and loved ones. Pooh Bear will be greatly missed.”
As a freshman on the 1993 national championship team, he carried the ball 39 times for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Williams, who is from Crescent City, Florida, played briefly for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL after his college career.
