John Patrick McInally was born on May 7,1953 and is an American former professional football player who was a punter and wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.
19 Facts About Pat McInally
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Pat McInally was a two-time football All Ivy League first team selection and helped lead Harvard to a share of the 1974 Ivy League title.
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Pat McInally is the first graduate of Harvard to play in either the NFL Pro Bowl or the Super Bowl.
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Pat McInally was born in Villa Park in Orange County, California, and graduated from Villa Park High School in 1971.
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Pat McInally was a wide receiver and punter for the Harvard Crimson football squad from 1972 to 1974.
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Pat McInally held the Crimson single-game, single-season and career records for touchdowns and receptions at the end of his career.
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Pat McInally scored the only verified perfect score among NFL players on the Wonderlic Test, an intelligence test developed in the 1930s and given to prospective players by the NFL to judge their aptitude for adapting to certain situations.
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Pat McInally was selected in the fifth round of the 1975 NFL draft, but suffered a broken leg while scoring a touchdown in the College All-Star Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in early and missed the entire 1975 season.
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Pat McInally was the Bengals punter from 1976 to 1985, and was a wide receiver during the first half of his career.
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Pat McInally led the league in net yards per punt in 1977 and in punting average in 1978 and 1981.
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Pat McInally completed three passes in four career attempts for 81 yards.
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Pat McInally was unconscious for about 10 minutes and left the field on a stretcher, but he returned in the second half to make three receptions for 86 yards, including a game-tying touchdown.
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The hit and Pat McInally's recovery are a legendary part of the intrastate rivalry.
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Pat McInally conceived the Starting Lineup series of action figures circa 1985, the final year of his career, and pitched the idea to Kenner, a leading producer of toys.
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Pat McInally himself was not included in the Starting Lineup line until a 10th-anniversary figure of him was released in 1997.
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In 1986, McInally worked as a color commentator on college football games for one season on ESPN with play-by-play announcer Mike Patrick.
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Pat McInally was replaced on the broadcasts by Lee Corso.
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Pat McInally coached high school football at Brethren Christian High School in Huntington Beach, California, and from 2014 to 2016 his teams posted the highest winning percentage in Orange County, California.
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Pat McInally founded the College Sports Connections Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping student-athletes from economically challenged families.