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Don Currivan

1920 – 1956

American football player

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Lived 1920 – 1956 (aged 36). Don Currivan was an American american football player.

Donald F. Currivan (March 6, 1920 – May 16, 1956) was an American professional football end. He was born and raised in Mansfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Mansfield High School in 1938. He then attended and graduated from Boston College in 1942.

He played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals (1943), the Boston Yanks (1945–1948), and the Los Angeles Rams (1948–1949). Currivan also played for "Card-Pitt" in 1944, a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The teams' merger was result of the manning shortages experienced league-wide due to World War II. In 1947, he caught 24 passes for 782 yards, averaging 32.6 yards per catch which remains the all-time record as of 2023 (min. 1.875 receptions per team game).

Currivan married Catherine (Rockett) Currivan in 1946. He had two children, John Joseph in 1948 and Nancy Anne, in 1953. He died suddenly on May 16, 1956, of a cerebral hemorrhage while playing golf at Oyster Harbors Golf Club in Osterville, Massachusetts at age 36.

He was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame 14 years after his death in 1970.

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Mansfield High School

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Who was Don Currivan?

American football player (1920-1956)

When was Don Currivan born?

Don Currivan was born on 6 March 1920 in Mansfield.

When did Don Currivan die?

Don Currivan died on 16 May 1956 in Hyannis.

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Don Currivan was an american football player.

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Don Currivan was American.

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· Wikipedia: Don Currivan

· Wikidata: Q5292476

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