Ray Flaherty
Flaherty c. 1940s | |||||||||
| No. 20, 11, 17, 6, 1 | |||||||||
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| Position | End | ||||||||
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| Born | September 1, 1903 Lamont, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | July 19, 1994 (aged 90) Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Gonzaga (Spokane, Washington) | ||||||||
| College | Washington State (1922) Gonzaga (1923–1925) | ||||||||
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| Regular season | College: 1–7–1 (.167) NFL: 54–21–5 (.706) AAFC: 26–16–2 (.614) Total: 81–44–8 (.639) | ||||||||
| Postseason | NFL: 2–2 (.500) AAFC: 2–4 (.333) Total: 4–6 (.400) | ||||||||
| Career | College: 1–7–1 (.167) NFL: 56–23–5 (.696) AAFC: 28–20–2 (.580) Total: 85–50–8 (.622) | ||||||||
| Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference | |||||||||
Raymond Paul Flaherty (September 1, 1903 – July 19, 1994) was an American professional football player and coach who spent 18 total seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as both a player and a coach. He played college football for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and played for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the American Football League (AFL) and the New York Yankees and New York Giants of the NFL. The Giants retired his jersey number 1, the first in NFL history, upon his playing retirement in 1935.
Flaherty was head coach of Gonzaga's football and basketball teams in 1930 and 1931, the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1936 to 1942, and the New York Yankees and Chicago Hornets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in the latter half of the 1940s. He was a member of three NFL championship teams, one with the Giants in 1934 and two as Redskins head coach in 1937 and 1942, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976.