| Date of birth: | October 10, 1915 |
| Place of birth: | North Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of death: | July 5, 1965 (aged 49) |
| Place of death: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Position(s): | Quarterback |
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| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Coleman Regis "Coley" McDonough (October 10, 1915 – July 5, 1965) was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals.
A native of North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from St. Thomas High School there. In 1944 McDonough also played for "Card-Pitt", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Cardinals and the Steelers. The teams' merger was result of the manning shortages experienced league-wide due to World War II. Six days before the team's second game of the season, McDonough was drafted into the United States Army.[1]
Police career and death[]
Coley later became a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania police officer, and served 15 years with that department. On July 5, 1965, he was shot and killed in the line of duty, when he and another officer answered a disturbance call.[2] Coley's badge number was 405.
References[]
- ↑ http://archives.post-gazette.com/clip/21485825/
- ↑ "ODMP". Officer Down Memorial Page. http://www.odmp.org/officer/8925-patrolman-coleman-regis-mcdonough.
External links[]
- Profile, findagrave.com; accessed November 1, 2014
- Forr, James (2003). "Card-Pitt: The Carpits". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 25 (3): 1–8. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022083700/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/25-03-982.pdf. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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