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Art Donovan Biography

Arthur James Donovan Jr. (June 5, 1924 – August 4, 2013), nicknamed the Bulldog was an American football defensive tackle who played for three National Football League (NFL) teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

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We didn't have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

Beer, Case, Cases, Drank, Nfl, Pumped

People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.

Friday, Hell, Monday, Morning, Said, Vegetables

You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.

Water, Toilets, Bigs, Bathtub, Toilet, Big

Well the frog men finally got Rosie.

Frog, Frogs, Men, Nfl, Rosie

I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing.

Art, Everyone, Laughing, Talking, Way

I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?

College, Football, Grind, School

Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.

Broke, Cabins, Dinner, Doors, Face, Wife

I went to college to play football, not to study it.

College, Football, Play

I was 17 pounds when I was born. My mother couldn't walk for three weeks.

Born, Mother, Pounds, Three, Walk

I don't eat vegetables. I only eat food like cheeseburgers, Spam, hot dogs and pizza.

Dog, Hot, Like, Spam, Vegetables

I never met a cold cut I didn't like.

Cold, Cutting, Like, Met, Mets

He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel.

Like, Nfl, Pissed, Pissed Off, Running, Runs

There's a lady up in heaven who must be very proud of the way the people in Baltimore have treated her boy from the Bronx.

Boys, Heaven, Lady, People, Proud

I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.

Eat, Eater, Funny American Football, Light, Nfl

The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.

Football, Life, Moments, Mother, Play, Saddest

The best way to die is sit under a tree, eat lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer, then blow up.

Beer, Blow, Drinking, Lots, Tree, Under

I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I'd been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.

Crow, Drill, July, Marine, Nuts, Pacific

The only weight I ever lifted weighed 24 ounces. It was a Schlitz. I always replaced my fluids.

Fluid, Replaced, Schlitz, Weighed, Weight

Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips.

Making, Nothing, Potatoes, Sides, Vegetables