- Inducted into the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame in 1983.
- Head football coach at Boston College, 1952-1959; overall record: 49-29-3.
- Interred in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida.
- Selected by the Cleveland Rams in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.
- Finished 4th in the voting for the 1942 Heisman Trophy.
- Fullback on Boston College's football team, 1940-1942.
- Fullback with the Cleveland Browns (1946) and Chicago Bears (1947-1948).
- Graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in 1939.
- Inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
- Served in the US Navy in World War II; attained rank of lieutenant commander.
- Head coach of the Boston Patriots (1961-1968) and New York Jets (1976).
- Inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame as a player in 1970 (inaugural class).
- General manager of the Boston Patriots (1961-1968; also head coach) and Houston Oilers (1990-1993).
- Inducted into the Seton Hall Preparatory School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
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