Dinger Doane

Dinger Doane
Personal information
Born:	October 14, 1893; Natick, Massachusetts
Died:	June 5, 1948 (aged 54)
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College:	Tufts University
Position:	Fullback, end, guard, halfback
Career history
	Cleveland Tigers (1920); New York Brickley Giants (1921); Frankford Yellow Jackets (1921); Milwaukee Badgers (1922–1924); Detroit Panthers (1925–1926); Pottsville Maroons (1927); Providence Steam Roller (1927);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Erling Eugene "Dinger" Doane (October 14, 1893 – June, 1948) was an American football player. He excelled at football at Somerville High School from 1912 to 1914 before being a standout at Tufts University^[2] where he scored a touchdown in Tufts first formal win over Harvard in 1916.^[3] Following his college career, he played professionally in the National Football League with the Cleveland Tigers, Milwaukee Badgers, Detroit Panthers, Pottsville Maroons, Providence Steam Roller and the New York Brickley Giants. Brickley's New York Giants are not related to the modern-day New York Giants. He joined the pre-NFL Frankford Yellow Jackets briefly in 1921 for a game against the Union Quakers of Philadelphia.^[4]

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b "Dinger Doane, Tufts 1916 back, will be buried at Detroit". The Boston Globe. June 10, 1948. p. 25. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Jerry Nason (June 12, 1948). "Around and about". The Boston Globe. p. 5. Retrieved February 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Union Quakers of Philadelphia". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.

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