Art Donovan
Donovan in 2010
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| Position: | Defensive tackle |
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| Date of birth: | June 5, 1924 |
| Place of birth: | Bronx, New York |
| Date of death: | August 4, 2013 (aged 89) |
| Place of death: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 263 lb (119 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Bronx (NY) Mount St. Michael |
| College: | Notre Dame, Boston College |
| NFL Draft: | 1947 / Round: 22 / Pick: 204 |
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| Allegiance |
 United States |
| Service/branch |
 U.S. Marine Corps
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Arthur James "The Bulldog" Donovan Jr. (June 5, 1924 – August 4, 2013) was an American football defensive tackle who played for three National Football League (NFL) teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
Art Donovan, born June 5, 1924, was the son of Arthur Donovan, Sr., a 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 received a scholarship to the University of Notre Dame in 1942 but left after one semester to join the United States Marine Corps, enlisting in April 1943. He served four years, to include service in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He took part in some of the conflict's fiercest engagements, such as the Battle of Luzon and the Battle of Iwo Jima. He also served as an ammo-loader on a 40mm gun on the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto and as member of 3rd Marine Division. His earned citations, which included the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Philippine Liberation Medal, and would later earn him a place in the U.S. Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame, the first pro football player so honored. After the war, he completed his college career at Boston College.
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