Harry O'Boyle (October 31, 1904 – May 5, 1994) 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 ...
blocking back
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ameri ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
.
He first was a member of the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
for two seasons, however he did not see any playing time during a regular season game during his second season. After two seasons away from the NFL, he re-joined the Packers for the
1933 NFL season
The 1933 NFL season was the 14th regular season of the National Football League.
Because of the success of the Playoff Game the year before, the league divided its teams into two divisions for the first time, with the winners of each divisio ...
. The following season, he played with the
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
.
References
1904 births
1994 deaths
Players of American football from Des Moines, Iowa
Green Bay Packers players
Philadelphia Eagles players
American football quarterbacks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
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