Don Allard

Donald J. Allard (April 21, 1936 – April 4, 2002) was an American college and Professional Football player originally selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 1959 NFL Draft.

A quarterback, he played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the American Football League for the New York Titans in 1961 and the Boston Patriots in 1962, in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1959-1960 and the Montreal Alouettes from 1961-1962, and in the Atlantic Coast Football League with the Boston Sweepers in 1964 and the New Bedford Sweepers in 1965. He was the highest drafted Boston College Eagles football player in school history until Matt Ryan in 2008