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| Position | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born | (1965-07-09)July 9, 1965 (age 60) Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school | Lowell | ||||
| College | Boston College | ||||
| NFL draft | 1988: 11th round, 287th overall pick | ||||
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John Blake Galvin Jr. (born July 9, 1965) is an American former professionalfootballlinebacker for theNew York Jets andMinnesota Vikings of theNational Football League (NFL) from 1988 to 1991.[1] He playedcollege football for theBoston College Eagles and was selected by the Jets in the 11th round of the1988 NFL draft.[2]
Galvin was born July 9, 1965, inLowell, Massachusetts, and played football forLowell High School from 1979 to 1983.
Galvin attendedBoston College under head coachJack Bicknell as a four-year letterman from 1984 to 1987, and graduated with a degree in speech communications.[3]
In week 8 of Galvin's senior year, he ripped into the 14th rankedTennessee Volunteers offense with 8 tackles, 1 sack, and an interception, as BC upset the Vols 20–18.[4]
Galvin was an NFLSpecial Teams stiff:
As his old teammateDoug Flutie was heading into town with the rest of theNew England Patriots in November, 1988, Galvin was quoted by theNew York Times reporter Gerald Eskenazi;
...The way John Galvin talked about Doug Flutie, the little guy the Jets will face Sunday seemed almost human.
He's not the player he was in college, said Galvin, who played with Flutie at Boston College.He took over a game in college. Sometimes I didn't even know if he needed the rest of the team.
This anticipation that something spectacular can happen at any moment has surrounded Flutie in the pros.
Galvin should know. He was in the Orange Bowl, where Flutie outdueled Bernie Kosar and threw a 48-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Phelan as time expired for a 47–45 victory over Miami...
The Jets kept New England scoreless in the first half, but eventually lost 14–13.
The New York Times describes Galvin's trade back to the Jets for the 1990 season;
Galvin a Jet AgainJohn Galvin, a linebacker who was a special-teams player for the Jets in 1988, rejoined the club Saturday after he was waived by the Minnesota Vikings, with whom he spent last season. Galvin played for Boston College for four years, and wound up there as the starting right outside linebacker. That is a position that has proved hardest to fill for the Jets this summer. The club's new linebacker coach is Monte Kiffin, who coached Galvin last year with the Vikings. Galvin's immediate role will probably will be on special teams and as a backup linebacker.[5]
In his 4-year, 52-game NFL career, he had two fumble recoveries.[8]
In 1993, Galvin was inducted into the Lowell High School's Athletic Hall of Fame.[9]
In the mid-2000s, Galvin started "Lowell Junior High Football", a free football program for pre-high schoolers, in the Lowell area, who were above the size cutoff or could not afford to play in the other leagues.[10]
According to theLowell Sun's March 2, 2010 article by Christopher Scott; In the Winter of 2010, Galvin was asked to be one of eleven member committee to choose the next Lowell High School football head coach.