Gilford R. Duggan was a professional football

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 player in the National Football League

National Football League

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 and later the All-America Football Conference

All-America Football Conference

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. He played in the NFL from 1940-1945. He played for the New York Giants

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, Chicago Cardinals and "Card-Pitt

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", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

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. The teams merger was result of the manning shortages experienced league-wide due to World War II

World War II

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. In 1946 Duggan jumped to the rivial AAFC, where he played with the Los Angeles Dons

Los Angeles Dons

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 in 1946 and the Buffalo Bills

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The Buffalo Bills was an American Football team, based in Buffalo, NY, that played in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949. During its first season in 1946, the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons...

 in 1947.

During the 1944 season, a fight broke out the engulfed entire Card-Pitt team and the Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins

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. Soon, police stormed the field, to break up what had become a near-riot. The Redskins would go on to win the game, 42-20. However Duggan found himself with a $200 fine for his role in the fist fight. However Steelers' owner, Art Rooney

Art Rooney

Arthur Joseph "Art" Rooney, Sr. , often referred to as "The Chief", was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers American football franchise in the National Football League.-Family history:...

, volunteered to pay Duggan's fine for him.