Art Donovan

  • 5 × Pro Bowl selection ( 1953-1957 )
  • 6 × All-Pro selection ( 1954-1958, 1960)
  • Back number 70 locked at the Colts
  • 2 × NFL Championship (1958, 1959)
  • Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor
  • Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
  • Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame (1970 )
  • NFL 1950s All- Decade Team
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame (1968 )

Arthur James "Art " Donovan, Jr. ( born June 5, 1925 in Bronx, New York City; † August 4, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland), nicknamed " The Bulldog " was a US- American football player. He played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League ( NFL), including for the Baltimore Colts, with whom he won the 1958 and 1959 NFL Championship.

Youth

The grandfather of Art Donovan, Mike O'Donovan, fought in the Civil War and was a middleweight boxer boxing champion. His father, Arthur Donovan, Sr., was referee in the sport of boxing. Both were committed together with Theodore Roosevelt in the New York Athletic Club, Mike was there the boxing coach of Roosevelt. Art Donovan attended high school, where he also made the first steps as a football player in the Bronx.

Playing career

College career

Art Donovan received in 1942 a scholarship to the University of Notre Dame. The following year he left this College and did his military service in the United States Marine Corps. Donovan fought in the Pacific Ocean. In October 1945, he was released, but could not take up his studies in South Bend again. He concluded, therefore, at the Boston College. For the local football team, the football team, the " Boston College Eagles " have a great rivalry with the team from the University of Notre Dame, he played tackle both the Defense, as well as on offense. In 1947 he was selected by the New York Giants in the 22 lap 204 instead of the NFL Draft. Donovan decided but to terminate his studies and not to play for the Giants.

Professional career

1950 Art Donovan graduated with a defensive tackle the former team of the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ), the Baltimore Colts, at. After the AAFC had to suspend the operation of gambling due to financial problems in 1949, the Colts have been adopted by the NFL. The first professional season was a disappointing one for Donovan. The Colts lost eleven of their twelve games and were excluded from the NFL after the season. In 1951, he joined the New York Yanks, a year later moved to Dallas and have been renamed to Dallas Texans. Both teams were unsuccessful. The Texans finally moved to Baltimore, and from then on operated under the name Baltimore Colts. In 1954, Weeb Ewbank, the coach of the Colts. He succeeded with players like the quarterback Johnny Unitas, the wide receiver Raymond Berry or the fullback Alan Ameche establish an elite team. Donovan was next to Gino Marchetti as a key player in the defense of the Colts.

In 1958, Arthur Donovan won his first NFL title. The Colts qualified for the NFL championship game and came into this game against the New York Giants. The game was balanced for a long time. It was only a few seconds before the end of the game team from Maryland equalized. Alan Ameche scored the decisive touchdown in overtime and the Colts won with 23:17. The game is described as the best football game of all time (The Greatest Game Ever Played ).

In 1959, Donovan was able to win his second title. Again were the Giants in the NFL playoff opponent. They had to again, this time enter with 31:16, beaten. 1961 ended type Donovan his playing career.

After the NFL

Art Donovan kicked his career again and again as a guest and host on various television shows on. In 1987 he published his autobiography. Art Donovan owns and runs with his wife, a country club in Towson, Maryland. On August 4, 2013 Art Donavan died in a hospital in Baltimore.

Honors

Arthur Donovan played five times in the Pro Bowl six times and was voted All- Pro. His jersey number 70 is not assigned when the Colts. He is a member of the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame, in the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame, the NFL 1950s All- Decade Team and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Baltimore Ravens, a club where he has never played, honor him, as many former players of the Colts, on the Ring of Honor

College Football Baltimore Colts (1947–50) All-Star List of NFL champions (1920–69) Baltimore Ravens#Players of note List of current world boxing champions South Bend (Indiana) Runningback Chicago Tribune National Football League 1950s All-Decade Team Bobby Layne Lenny Moore Bobby Walston Rosey Brown Bob St. Clair Jim Parker (American football) Len Ford Ernie Stautner Joe Schmidt Jack Butler (American football) Dick Lane (American football) Jack Christiansen Emlen Tunnell Marshall Faulk George Blanda Mike McCormack (American football)
80938
de