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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||
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Born: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | May 10, 1917||||||
Died: | April 14, 2000 Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 82)||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Malden (Malden, Massachusetts) | ||||||
College: | Boston College | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1941 / Round: 5 / Pick: 39 | ||||||
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Career: | 21–39–4 (.359) | ||||||
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Charles Christopher "Chuckin' Charlie" O'Rourke Sr. (May 10, 1917 – April 14, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a quarterback at Boston College and professionally with Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) and the Los Angeles Dons and Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).
As a collegian, O'Rourke quarterbacked the Boston College Eagles football team to one of its most famous wins. His 24-yard run late in the fourth quarter gave the 1940 Eagles a 19–13 victory over Tennessee in the 1941 Sugar Bowl, staking BC's claim to a national championship. O'Rourke served as the head football coach at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) from 1952 to 1959, compiling a record of 21–39–4. In 1972, he came the first Boston College player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.