Coley McDonough

Coley McDonough

No. 56, 25
Born:	(1915-10-10)October 10, 1915 North Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	July 5, 1965(1965-07-05) (aged 49) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	189 lb (86 kg)
College	North Carolina State
Career history
As player
1939	Chicago Cardinals
1939–1941	Pittsburgh Steelers
1944	"Card-Pitt"

Coleman Regis "Coley" McDonough (October 10, 1915 – July 5, 1965) was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals.

A native of North Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from St. Thomas High School there. In 1944 McDonough also played for "Card-Pitt", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Cardinals and the Steelers. The teams' merger was result of the manning shortages experienced league-wide due to World War II. Six days before the team's second game of the season, McDonough was drafted into the United States Army.

Police career and death

Coley later became a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania police officer, and served 15 years with that department. On July 5, 1965, he was shot and killed in the line of duty, when he and another officer answered a disturbance call. Coley's badge number was 405.

External links

• Profile, findagrave.com; accessed November 1, 2014
• Forr, James (2003). "Card-Pitt: The Carpits" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association. 25 (3): 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2014.