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Name
  
Don Eliason

Role
  
American football player

Died
  
August 18, 2003


Donald Carlton "Don" Eliason (July 24, 1918 – August 18, 2003) was a professional basketball and American football player who spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and two seasons in the National Football League (NBL). In the BAA, he was a player for the Boston Celtics during the 1946–47 season, and played in one game. His NFL career started in 1942 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. After not playing for four seasons due to serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Eilason joined the NFL Boston Yanks. He attended Hamline University.

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