Donovan perished at 7:20 p.m. at Stella Maris Hospice in Baltimore,
as per Kevin Byrne, senior VP of open and group relations for the
Baltimore Ravens.
Donovan made a name for himself as a feisty guarding handle for the
Baltimore Colts, helping the group to big showdowns in 1958 and 1959. He
additionally went through single flavors with the New York Yanks and
Dallas Texans in a vocation that kept going from 1950 through 1961.
“We lost a companion, one of the finest men and one of the most
amazing characters we were lucky to meet in this group and in this
business,” Ravens possessor Steve Bisciotti said. “Baltimore is
currently without one of its best and somebody who was an establishment
for the huge fame of football in our general vicinity. The planet is not
as brilliant today in light of the fact that we lost somebody who could
make all of us grin.”
Voted into the Hall of Fame in 1968, Donovan was an exceptional
lineman and a far better storyteller. Long after his profession was
over, Donovan made a living on the syndicated program circuit, weaving
yarns about the NFL’s past times worth remembering —as he put it, “When
men were, well
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