William David Maginnes (August 4, 1893 – June 26, 1981) was a professional

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

player. He played in the

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1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

with the

New York Brickley Giants The New York Giants (informally known as Brickley's Giants and Brickley's New York Giants) were a professional American football team with the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League) whose only season played ...

. Brickley's New York Giants are not related to the modern-day

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. While with the Giants, Dave was teammates with his brother Al.

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1893 births 1981 deaths Players of American football from Boston American football running backs New York Brickley Giants players Lehigh Mountain Hawks football players People from Dorchester, Boston {{Runningback-1890s-stub