Harry Aloysius "Babe" Connaughton (June 6, 1905 – August 11, 1969) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player. He played college football for the

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and professional football for the

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. He was a consensus All-American in 1926. Connaughton was born in

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in 1905 and attended

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in that city. He enrolled at

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and, while there, played at the

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position on the

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team in 1925 and 1926. He was a consensus selection for the

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. At six feet, four inches, and 250 pounds, he was a large player for his era. He played for Hoyas teams that compiled a 16-3-1 in 1925 and 1926. In December 1926, he was awarded the Veterans Cup as the most valuable player in eastern football. He was inducted into the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1953. Connaughton also played professional football for the

during the 1927 NFL season. He started 16 games at the guard position for the 1927 Yellow Jackets. In 1938, he became the assistant to Michael Igoe, the United States Attorney in

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. By June 1938, his weight had dropped to 180 pounds from 260 pounds while playing football at Georgetown. Connaughton died in 1969 ate age 64 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connaughton, Harry 1905 births 1969 deaths All-American college football players American football guards Georgetown Hoyas football players Frankford Yellow Jackets players Players of American football from Philadelphia