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Doug Flutie's parents died within an hour of each other today
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He's a football player in case others are wondering
I had to look it up.
If you've lived in Boston for longer than a few years
And don't know who Doug Flutie is, you need to get out more.
Such a sad story, my condolences to the Flutie Family.
Well
It says that Doug Flutie stopped playing in the United States in 1989, 26 years ago.
A lot of people in Boston would be too young to have ever really heard of him outside of commercials. (For the record, I'm 31 and only know who he is because of a 90s Flutie Flakes commercial and an admissions tour of BC.)
What says that?
He finished his career with the Pats back in 2005 I think.
and unlike anon
he was a successful professional athlete.
Flutie played in the NFL
Flutie played in the NFL again from 1998-2005 (including the Pats in 2005) after a successful run in the Canadian league.
The Play
No not the BC-Miami game.
My enduring memory of Flutie will be the dropkick. Reportedly one of the linemen looked over to the opposing defense and said "You're going to f%^€^^%& love this one." or somesuch.
Classic.
Condolences to the Flutie family.
BC Game was the real classic
....because it involved Flutie's team winning the game.
It was beautiful, and against the collective of thugs known as the University of Miami.
Flutie's dropkick was against the Miami Dolphins, who were likely entertained by the kick as it effectively cost the Pats the game. The difference between the kick for conversion vs a 2-pt conversion made the difference in the outcome of the game. Which the Pats tanked on purpose in order to get a preferred postseason opponent.
None of the above takes away from the Flutie family which is a class act.
It?
"It says that Doug Flutie stopped playing in the United States in 1989, 26 years ago."
What exactly is "it"? A 1989 encyclopedia on your book shelf? Can you teach me about East Germany as well?
Possibly, but...
Depending on how you define "a lot" and "too young", that's possibly true. On the other hand, you don't have to be either ancient or a devotee of obscure knowledge to have seen the last drop kick in the NFL, or at least have heard about it.
Thank you for that epic demonstration of
assholiness.
As an underdog athlete Flutie gave Boston immeasurable joy. I'm sad to learn of his parents passing. I'm thankful that they reared and shared such a good citizen and role model.
Broken heart syndrome.
Its real.
R.I.P
Yep
My dad developed sudden heart problems shortly after my mother died. It was the kind of damage consistent with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, not atherosclerosis. The death of a spouse is a massive stress bomb, to say the least!
So very sad and shocking for the family. All condolences to them.
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/124/18/e460.full
It happened to one of my aunts.
Two weeks after my uncle died after a long illness. The strain killed her.
That is absolutely awful. My
That is absolutely awful. My condolences to the Flutie family.
BostonDog
Had to look up Flutie? Take of the Boston in your name.
Drop Kick Flutie. Look that up.
doug flutie is a famous guy
I do not like football and do my best to ignore it. I remember Lynn Swann and Joe Namath and that's about it.
Here's what even I know about Doug Flutie, as a non-fan and non-moron.
He was on a Wheaties box (even forgetting Flutie Flakes).
He went to Boston College.
There was the whole dropkick thing. Before that was the Hail Mary pass.
There is a road named after him in Natick. It's called the 'Flutie Pass'
He won the Heisman trophy.
Just because he didn't marrry into a family of fashionistas and start cross-dressing doesn't mean he suddenly became not famous (this is a reference to athletes on Wheaties boxes that haven't competed in 'sports' for many years ONLY).
RIP to the Fluties. They raised a wonderful kid and were likely pretty wonderful themselves.
You forgot one
He has an autistic kid and has spent enormous amounts of time and energy to improve the lives of his kid and every other kid and family living with autism.
http://www.flutiefoundation.org/resources-families
Everyone loves to remember the Hail Mary Pass and the dropkick, but the Flutie Foundation will probably be his most enduring legacy.