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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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Born: | DeWalt, Texas, U.S. | February 6, 1936||||||||
Died: | July 27, 1964 Rensselaer, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 28)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Yates (Houston, Texas) | ||||||||
College: | Prairie View A&M | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 16 / pick: 187 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1960 / round: Second Selections (by the Boston Patriots) | ||||||||
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John R. "Bo" Farrington (January 18, 1936 – July 27, 1964) was an American football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He attended Prairie View A&M University. Farrington made history with Bill Wade when (in Wade's first start as quarterback) he received a 98-yard touchdown pass on October 8, 1961.[1]
Farrington was killed in an automobile accident on July 27, 1964, in Rensselaer, Indiana, at the age of 28, along with teammate Willie Galimore.[2]