Arthur "The Bulldog" Donovan, Jr. (born June 5, 1925) is a former American football defensive tackle who played for several National Football League teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
He is the son of Arthur Donovan, a famed boxing referee, and the grandson of Professor Mike Donovan, the world middleweight boxing champion in the 1870s.
Art attended Mount Saint Michael Academy in th...
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Arthur "The Bulldog" Donovan, Jr. (born June 5, 1925) is a former American football defensive tackle who played for several National Football League teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
He is the son of Arthur Donovan, a famed boxing referee, and the grandson of Professor Mike Donovan, the world middleweight boxing champion in the 1870s.
Art attended Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. He spent four years in military service with the United States Marine Corps during WW II before playing college football at Boston College. He graduated in 1950.
He started playing professional football with the Baltimore Colts in 1950, but that edition of the franchise folded. He moved to the New York Yanks in 1951; they became the Dallas Texans in 1952 and finally the Baltimore Colts in 1953. He became one of the stars in an outstanding defense and was selected to five straight Pro Bowls for 1954 to 1958. The Colts won back to back...
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