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King Corcoran
James Sean Patrick "King" Corcoran (1943–2009) was an American football quarterback in the Atlantic Coast Football League, Seaboard Football League, World Football League, and briefly in the American Football League. Corcoran played college football, mostly as a back-up, for the Maryland Terrapins. He gained notoriety for his flamboyant dress and playboy lifestyle, which earned him the reputation of being a "poor man's Joe Namath".
==Early life and college==
Corcoran was born on July 6, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey to an Irish Catholic family.〔 His father, a truck driver, died in 1966, after which Corcoran never saw his mother, who died in 2008.〔 At the age of 15, he was on his own; with his younger brother Raymond, they lived out of their adolescences in a room at the YMCA. According to Corcoran, he gained the nickname "King" as a high school senior. A driving rainstorm hit during the first half of an important game, but when it let up at half time, Corcoran appeared wearing a clean uniform and sunglasses and the manager holding his helmet. Someone from the crowd yelled, "Hail to the King," and a melee erupted. Corcoran said, "I was ink now, I was someone . . . I went from a nothing quarterback to second-string all-state in two weeks. It was the turning point in my life."〔 According to ''The Washington Times'', Corcoran was recruited by Notre Dame, Miami, and Maryland. Corcoran claimed students at Notre Dame did not party and those at Miami did so too much. He chose to attend Maryland because he felt it offered a balance between a social life and the opportunity to play football.〔Thom Loverro, (A journeyman on the field but always a 'King' off of it ), ''The Washington Times'', July 23, 2009, retrieved May 10, 2010.〕
He attended the University of Maryland starting in 1961. He played as a back-up quarterback behind Dick Shiner and Alan Pastrana, but rarely started because of disagreements with the coaching staff.〔 An injury benched Corcoran for the 1963 season.〔 In his later life, Corcoran claimed to have led Maryland to a 27–22 victory over Navy, led by future Pro Football Hall of Famer Roger Staubach, in 1964;〔(WFL Starting Quarterbacks of 1974: Jim "King" Corcoran, Philadelphia Bell ), Pro Quarterback's Inside Report on 26 Top Quarterbacks, M. M. Bolding, retrieved August 3, 2009.〕〔Van Smith, (Prophet or Loss? ), ''Baltimore City Paper'', September 22, 2005.〕 but he did not actually play in that game.〔 Corcoran's greatest college football accomplishment was leading Maryand's 1961 freshman team to an undefeated season, including a 29–27 victory over the Navy Plebes under Staubach.〔Matt Schudel, (Jim Corcoran Dies; 'Poor Man's Joe Namath' Reigned in Minor League Football ), ''The Washington Post'', August 1, 2009.〕 At Maryland, Corcoran first developed his reputation for brashness, and he referred to himself as "The King".〔(WFL Philadelphia Bell, 1974–1975 ), Helmet Hut, retrieved February 11, 2009.〕 ''The Washington Post'' described him as such:"()e was flamboyant, brash and utterly unforgettable. He was a showman, an unapologetic playboy, an egomaniacal self-promoter who traveled with his own PR agent. And, not least of all, he was a lady-killer on an epic scale. Not for nothing was he called the "poor man's Joe Namath," after the Hall of Fame New York Jets quarterback and notorious skirt chaser."〔
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