Jack Cloud

Jack Cloud ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Jack Cloud, 85, of Annapolis, Md., passed away June 19, 2010. He was born in Britton, Okla., in 1925 to the late Riley and Gertrude Cloud of Norfolk. Norfolk was his boyhood home and where he discovered his lifelong passion for football. A member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Jack was a star football player at Maury High School in his hometown of Norfolk. He entered the Army Air Force after graduation and served as a B-17 waist gunner flying 10 European missions. After his military service, he attended The College of William and Mary where he played Tribe football. While playing for William and Mary in the late 1940s, he was named an All-Southern Conference fullback three times. He set a school scoring record of 102 points in 1947 and scored five touchdowns in a single game. The New York Sun named him All- America in 1947 as did the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 1948. It was during Cloud's four years at William and Mary that the Tribe had some of its finest football teams. His 45 career touchdowns are still a conference record. After college, he pursued a professional football career with the Green Bay Packers as a fullback and the Washington Redskins as a linebacker. Two knee operations forced him into early retirement from the NFL. Jack returned to William and Mary as assistant football coach for one year and then returned to Norfolk to coach for the Navy from 1955-1958 as the athletic director and head coach at Norfolk Naval Station before joining the staff at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He served on the faculty as an associate professor of physical education and assistant to the Director of Athletics. During his career at the Naval Academy, he coached the light-weight and plebe football teams and assisted Wayne Hardin and George Welsh at the varsity level. He retired from the Naval Academy in 1990. Jack was not only a World War II veteran and star athlete, he was a well-respected friend and mentor to all who knew him. Jack is survived by his wife, Charlotte and their three children, Jack Cloud Jr. (Marty) of Severna Park, Md., Patricia Cloud Hasenei (Patty) of Annapolis, and Wendy Siedlecki of Chesapeake. He is also survived by his brother, Charles Cloud of Norfolk. He leaves many nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who will miss him dearly. A memorial service and celebration of Jack's life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Mariners Church, 1592 Whitehall Road, Annapolis (Mariners Church is just off Route 50 in the Bay50 Shopping Center, www.marinerschurch.com). In lieu of flowers, it was Jack's wish that memorial contributions be made to the Jack Cloud Heyfarl Fund, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 399, Williamsburg, VA 23187-0399. Online condolences may be placed at www.hardestyfuneralhome. com.