Donald Matthew Macek is a former center

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 in the National Football League

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 for the San Diego Chargers

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. Macek played center on the football team of Boston College

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, from which he graduated in 1976. In 1991, he was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 2004, Macek and his teammate Ed White

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 were inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame. The two played together for the Chargers from 1978 to 1985. Macek, who missed only 8 starts in 163 career games, spent 14 seasons with the Chargers.