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Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a former player of American and Canadian football who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and United States Football League (USFL). He first rose to prominence during his college football career at Boston College, where he received the Heisman Trophy and the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award in 1984. His "Hail Mary" touchdown pass in a game against Miami on November 23, 1984 (dubbed "The Pass"〔http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm? Flutie is also linked to Herschel Walker and Evander Holyfield who he was roommates with in college. mid=337〕〔http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v10/n1/pass.html〕〔http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/gallery/DougFlutieThroughtheYears?pg=6〕) is considered among the greatest moments in college football and American sports history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Ten Best Damn unforgettable sports moments )〕 Flutie was selected as the 285th pick in the 11th round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams, making him the lowest drafted Heisman Award winner among those who were drafted. Flutie played that year for the New Jersey Generals of the upstart USFL. In 1986 he signed with the NFL's Chicago Bears, and later played for the New England Patriots, becoming their starting quarterback in 1988. Flutie signed with the BC Lions of the CFL in 1990, and in 1991, threw for a record 6,619 yards. He played briefly with his brother Darren, a wide receiver, before being traded to the Calgary Stampeders, whom he led to victory in the 1992 Grey Cup. In 1994, he threw a record 48 touchdown passes. Flutie played for the Stampeders until 1996, when he signed with the Toronto Argonauts, leading them to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 1996 and 1997. Flutie was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player a record six times, and was named the MVP in all three of his Grey Cup victories. He returned to the NFL in 1998 with the Buffalo Bills, where he earned Pro Bowl and NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors. He played for the San Diego Chargers from 2001 to 2004, and finished his career as a member of the New England Patriots in 2005. In 2006, he was ranked #1 in a list of the top 50 CFL players. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. After retiring in 2006, Flutie served as a college football analyst for ESPN and ABC.〔http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/flutie-flakes-football-joins-abcespn/80078〕 In 2009, he joined Versus as a broadcaster for United Football League games.〔http://www.medialifemagazine.com/dave-sims-and-doug-flutie-join-versus-ufl-team/ 〕 Since 2011, he has worked for NBC Sports and NBCSN and in 2014 became the color commentator for Notre Dame Football on NBC. ==Early years== Flutie was born in Manchester, Maryland to Dick and Joan Flutie. His grandfather was the son of a Lebanese immigrant.〔Allen, Mel. ("Doug Flutie Hail Mary Pass|Miracle in Miami." ) Yankee Magazine, November, 1989. Retrieved September 4, 2013.〕 His family moved to Melbourne Beach, Florida when he was 6, where his father, Richard, worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry. While there Doug Flutie led Hoover Junior High School's football team to two Brevard County Championships. After the dramatic slow-down of the space program in the mid-1970s, the Flutie family again moved in 1976 to Natick, Massachusetts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doug Flutie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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