Ross O'Hanley (February 2, 1939 – April 7, 1972) was an American football safety with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League from 1960 to 1965. He was an All-League AFL player in 1960.
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Position: | Defensive back |
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Born: | Everett, Massachusetts | February 2, 1939
Died: | April 7, 1972 Needham, Massachusetts | (aged 33)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 183 lb (83 kg) |
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High school: | Christopher Columbus (Boston, Massachusetts) |
College: | Boston College |
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O'Hanley was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 1966 AFL expansion draft but never played a game for them. He suffered a severe thigh bruise during the preseason and missed the 1966 season, and was cut and retired before the 1967 season.[1]
After his football playing days, O'Hanley first turned to coaching. O'Hanley coached the Lowell/Quincy Giants of the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) from 1968 to 1969.[2]
After coaching, he worked as a high school math teacher and as aide in the Massachusetts attorney general's office, before being struck by a brain tumor in 1971.[1]
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edit- ^ a b Braucher, Bill (1972). Promises to Keep. Dodd, Mead & Company. pp. 49, 100, 235, 261. ISBN 0396066941.
- ^ https://www.profootballarchives.com/coach/ohan00200coach.html [bare URL]