Raymond Lewis Hare (November 21, 1917 – June 2, 1975) was an

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in the

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(NFL) for the

Washington Redskins The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East ...

and the

Brooklyn Tigers The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field of the baseball National League's team, the Br ...

. Hare also played in the

All-America Football Conference The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a major professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many ...

(AAFC) for the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...

. He attended

Gonzaga University Gonzaga University (GU) ( ) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington, United States. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges ...

. Hare achieved legendary status during the

1943 Washington Redskins season The 1943 Washington Redskins were the defending NFL champions and finished the regular season at 6–3–1. They lost their last three games, including the final two to the New York Giants, and the two teams finished with identical records. Alt ...

, when he played all ten league games, the Eastern Division championship game, and the

1943 NFL Championship Game The 1943 NFL Championship Game was the 11th annual title game of the National Football League (NFL), held at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 26 with an attendance of 34,320. In a rematch of the previous year's game, the Western Division ...

while missing a total only 13 minutes of action.Dan Daly, ''The National Forgotten League: Entertaining Stories and Observations from Pro Football's First Fifty Years.'' Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2012; pp. 192–193. The average of barely more than 1 minute of rest per game was provided by teammates Coye Dunn (3 minutes) and Joe Gibson (10 minutes), according to the original report in the ''Washington Post.''

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* 1917 births 1975 deaths Players of American football from Saskatchewan Canadian emigrants to the United States American football running backs Gonzaga Bulldogs football players Washington Redskins players Brooklyn Tigers players New York Yankees (AAFC) players Sportspeople from North Battleford People from Yamhill County, Oregon United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army soldiers 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1910s-stub