Donald J. Allard (April 21, 1936 – May 4, 2002) was an American college and professional football

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selected by the

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in the first round of the 1959 NFL draft. He played

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Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...

, and played professionally in the

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for the New York Titans in 1961 and the Boston Patriots in

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

, in the

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for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

to 1960 and the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: ''Les Alouettes de Montréal'') are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has disbanded twice and been re-established thrice. The Alouettes compe ...

from 1961 to

, and in the

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with the Boston/New Bedford Sweepers from 1964 to 1965. He was the highest-drafted Boston College Eagles football player in school history until Matt Ryan in

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Don Allard
at pro-football-reference.com 1936 births 2002 deaths American football quarterbacks Boston College Eagles football players Boston Patriots players Canadian football quarterbacks Montreal Alouettes players New York Titans (AFL) players Players of American football from Cincinnati Players of Canadian football from Cincinnati Saskatchewan Roughriders players American Football League players {{Canadianfootball-quarterback-stub

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