Ray Flaherty

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Ray Flaherty was an American football player and Hall of Fame coach best known for leading the Washington Redskins to multiple NFL championships in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Ray Flaherty canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football coach
American football player
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
human
awardReceived NFL 1930s All-Decade Team
Pro Football Hall of Fame
basedIn New York City (for New York Giants)
surface form: New York City (as Giants player)

Washington Commanders
surface form: Washington, D.C. (as Redskins head coach)
coachedInChampionshipGame 1937 NFL Championship Game
NFL Championship Game 1940
surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game

1942 NFL Championship Game
1943 NFL Championship Game
coachedPlayer Sammy Baugh
coachOfSportsTeam Chicago Hornets
New York Yankees (AAFC)
Washington Commanders
surface form: Washington Redskins
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Gonzaga University
employer New York Giants
Washington Commanders
surface form: Washington Redskins
familyName Flaherty
fieldOfWork American football coaching
genre professional sports
givenName Raymond
hallOfFame Pro Football Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1976
league All-America Football Conference
National Football League
memberOf Pro Football Hall of Fame
memberOfSportsTeam Gonzaga Bulldogs athletics
surface form: Gonzaga Bulldogs football

Los Angeles Wildcats
New York Giants
militaryBranch United States Navy
name Ray Flaherty self-link
notableAchievement introduced screen pass concept in NFL
led Washington Redskins to 1937 NFL Championship
led Washington Redskins to 1942 NFL Championship
notableStrategy use of screen pass with Sammy Baugh
notableWork coaching Washington Redskins to NFL championships
occupation American football coach
American football player
military officer
positionPlayed end
sexOrGender male
sport American football
teamFoundedBy George Preston Marshall

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NFL Championship Game 1940 headCoachOfLosingTeam Ray Flaherty
subject surface form: 1940 NFL Championship Game
73–0 game homeTeamCoach Ray Flaherty
Ray Flaherty name Ray Flaherty self-link