Ross O'Hanley

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Ross O'Hanley
No. 25
Position:Defensive back
Personal information
Born:(1939-02-02)February 2, 1939
Everett, Massachusetts
Died:April 7, 1972(1972-04-07) (aged 33)
Needham, Massachusetts
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school:Christopher Columbus (Boston, Massachusetts)
College:Boston College
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 1960
    )
  • 1959 Scanlan Award
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Ross O'Hanley (February 2, 1939 – April 7, 1972) was an

1960
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O'Hanley was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 1966 AFL expansion draft but never played a game for them. He suffered a severe thigh bruise during the preseason and missed the 1966 season, and was cut and retired before the 1967 season.[1]

After his football playing days, O'Hanley first turned to coaching. O'Hanley coached the Lowell/Quincy Giants of the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) from 1968 to 1969.[2]

After coaching, he worked as a high school math teacher and as aide in the Massachusetts attorney general's office, before being struck by a brain tumor in 1971.[1]

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