Brian Dowling
Quarterback, American football player
1947 –
Who is Brian Dowling?
Brian John Dowling is a former college and professional football player and was the starting quarterback of the Yale University football team in the late 1960s. He set, and held for decades, a number of Yale passing records. Dowling finished 9th in vote for the 1968 Heisman Trophy, and was awarded the Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award for sportsmanship in 1967. At Yale, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.
The 1968 team was undefeated and favored going into The Game against Harvard University. Harvard was undefeated and untied, too. Harvard, trailing 29–13 with less than a minute remaining, rallied to tie the game, which ended with a score of 29–29. The contest's result inspired the Harvard Crimson to print the headline "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29". Dowling at that point had lost only one game he started since the sixth grade.
Dowling played football in high school for St. Ignatius High School, located in Cleveland, Ohio. He played in two consecutive City Championship games in 1963 and 1964; St. Ignatius lost to Benedictine High School, 30-16, in the 1963 game but avenged the loss the following year with a 48-6 victory over Benedictine.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1947
Cleveland - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Saint Ignatius High School
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on July 23, 2013
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