They Called Me Bigfoot is the unforgettable memoir of Robert Norwood Clemens—a farm boy from Depression-era Alabama who grew into a powerhouse on the football field, a U.S. Air Force pilot, an entrepreneur, and a relentless pursuer of life’s possibilities.
 
Born in the floodplain of Sauty Bottom in 1933, Clemens was shaped by the hard grit of his parents, the quiet strategy of his grandfather, and the self-reliance of rural life. By high school, his size, speed, and oversized feet earned him the nickname “Bigfoot” and a reputation as one of the South’s most promising athletes. His talent carried him from mud roads and mules to the gridiron of the Georgia Bulldogs, a contract with the Green Bay Packers, and eventually into the cockpit of an Air Force jet.
 
But Clemens’s story reaches far beyond sports. Over nine decades, he built businesses, navigated triumph and failure, loved deeply, lost profoundly, and never stopped reinventing himself. Along the way, he learned what every man chasing success eventually discovers: nothing worthwhile comes without relentless effort.
 
Spanning from dusty farmsteads to football dynasties and corporate boardrooms, They Called Me Bigfoot is a testament to perseverance, ambition, and the generational drive to excel. It’s a story of endurance, reinvention, and the ultimate truth that greatness isn’t given—it’s earned.