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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
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Born: | DeWalt, Texas, U.S. | February 6, 1936||||||
Died: | July 27, 1964 Rensselaer, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 28)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Yates (Houston, Texas) | ||||||
College: | Prairie View A&M | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 16 / Pick: 187 | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1960 / Round: Second Selections (by the Boston Patriots) | ||||||
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John R. "Bo" Farrington (January 18, 1936 – July 27, 1964) was an American football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He attended Prairie View A&M University. Farrington made history with Bill Wade when (in Wade's first start as quarterback) he received a 98-yard touchdown pass on October 8, 1961.[1]
![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg/220px-8X10A_1961_Chicago_Bears_o-line_practice_1.jpg)
Farrington was killed in an automobile accident on July 27, 1964, in Rensselaer, Indiana, at the age of 28, along with teammate Willie Galimore.[2]
References
- ^ "Top 10 Bears records not likely to be broken". Chicagobears.com. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ "Farrington, Galimore die in auto accident". The Telegraph-Herald. Associated Press. July 27, 1964 – via Google News Archive.
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