Reggie Carolan
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Position: | San Anselmo (CA) Sir Francis Drake | ||||||
College: | Idaho | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 8 / Pick: 102 (by the Los Angeles Rams)[1] | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1961 / Round: 17 / Pick: 135 | ||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Reginald Howard "Stretch" Carolan (October 25, 1939 – January 1, 1983) was an American football player, a tight end in the American Football League (AFL). He played seven seasons (1962–1968), the last five with the Kansas City Chiefs.
In college, Carolan starred in football, basketball, and track at the University of Idaho in Moscow,[2][3][4] and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers (and Los Angeles Rams) in 1961 while a junior.
As a rookie with the
Carolan was a graduate of
His son Brett Carolan (b.1971) played football at San Marin High School in Novato, at Washington State in Pullman, and in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins in the 1990s. The Carolans are among 161 pairs of fathers and sons documented at the Pro Football Hall of Fame to have played pro football.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "1961 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pro gridders won't get Reg Carolan - yet". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1961. p. 17.
- ^ "Idaho, Cougars to end season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 9, 1962. p. 12.
- ^ "Basketball". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1962. p. 234.
- ^ a b Beitiks, Edvins (January 21, 1995). "Super Bowl tradition for Marin family". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ Hill, Frank (November 18, 1983). "UI alum Carolan may be remembered in award". Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). p. 26.
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, "Fathers and Sons Who Have Played Pro Football", April 20, 2007, accessed March 8, 2008
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- University of Idaho Athletics Hall of Fame – Reg Carolan