Will McDonough
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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].
McDonough regularly referred to Roger Clemens as the "Texas Con Man" during Clemens' tenure with the Boston Red Sox.[2][3]
He died of a heart attack at his home in Hingham at age 67.
His son, Sean McDonough is a sportscaster for ESPN.
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- AFL Hall of Fame
- McDonough's citation on the American Football League Hall of Fame Website
- Boston Globe Obituary
