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Revision as of 17:47, 27 December 2007
William "Will" McDonough (July 6, 1935 — January 9 2003) was an American sportswriter for the Boston Globe.
McDonough attended the English High School of Boston, where he starred in baseball as a pitcher and in football as a quarterback (a college knee injury ended his sports career). After graduating from Northeastern University he started at the Boston Globe as a copy boy in 1955, becoming a sportswriter in 1960.
McDonough became a hero among Boston sportswriters after a 1979 altercation with Patriots cornerback Raymond Clayborn, in which McDonough leveled Clayborn after Clayborn had poked him in the eye[1].
He died of a heart attack at his home in Hingham at age 67.
His son, Sean McDonough is a sportscaster for ESPN.
Notes and references
- ^ Loss of a legend Boston Globe. Accessed 20 October 2007.
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