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Boston To Have Doug Flutie Day Next Month

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Oct 2, 2006 7:53 am US/Eastern

Boston To Have Doug Flutie Day Next Month

BOSTON (CBS4) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Doug Flutie will be given the 2006 Red, White & Blue Award in Boston next month.
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November 13th will be Doug Flutie Day in Boston.

According to the Boston Globe, he will be given the 2006 Red, White & Blue Award. It will be presented in a concert at Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the classic rock band Boston.

The show will benefit the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, which Flutie founded with his wife Laurie. Their foundation has reportedly raised more than $8 million for autism research since 1998.

Flutie won the Heisman Trophy with Boston College in 1984, and went on to play professional football for 21 seasons in the NFL and CFL. He won the Canadian Football League's Most Outstanding Player award six times. He played with the Patriots twice and retired as a Patriot after the 2005 season.

He's best remembered for his 48-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Gerard Phelan that beat Miami as time expired in November 1984.

Flutie, who is from Natick, now works for ABC and ESPN as a college football analyst.

Bruce Springsteen won the Red, White & Blue Award in 2004. NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson won it last year.