Doug Flutie Booking Agent Details
Doug Flutie enjoyed a long and successful career as a college and professional quarterback. While playing collegiately at Boston College, Flute won the 1984 Heisman Trophy as the nation’s top collegiate football player. He then moved on to the professional ranks, playing in the USFL for the New Jersey Generals (1985), CFL for the BC Lions (1990-1991), Calgary Stampeders (1992-1995) and Toronto Argonauts (1996-1997) and NFL for the Chicago Bears (1986-1987), New England Patriots (1987-1989, 2005), Buffalo Bills (1998-2000) and San Diego Chargers (2001-2004). In the CFL, Flutie won three Grey Cups – the first with Calgary in 1992 and the last two with Toronto in 1996 and 1997. He was three times named MVP of the Grey Cup, six times named an All-Star and three times named the league’s Most Outstanding Player. He holds the CFL single-season mark for yards passing with 6,619 and touchdowns through the air with 48. Flutie was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2007, the first non-Canadian athlete to be so honored, and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2008. During his time in the NFL, Flutie in 1998 while playing for the Bills was named to the Pro Bowl and the NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
Born on October 23, 1962, Flutie attended Natick High School in Massachusetts before playing collegiately at nearby Boston College, the only Division I-A school that recruited him. During his senior season, Flute threw one of the most famous passes in college football history against the University of Miami. With the Eagles trailing the Hurricanes 45-41 with :06 remaining, Flutie threw a threw a game-winning Hail Mary touchdown pass to Gerard Phelan to give Boston College a 47-45 victory. That season, he won most every major college award in addition to the aforementioned Heisman Trophy, including the Walter Camp and David O’Brien awards He was also named UPI Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American. The school retired his jersey #22 in 1998 and he became a member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Off the field, Flutie competed on season 22 of the tv show “Dancing with the Stars”. He also created The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, Inc. in honor of his son Doug Jr. An avid drummer, Flutie and his brother formed the Flutie Brothers Band.
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