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BOSTON (AP) – Jack Concannon, the former Boston College star who started at quarterback for the Chicago Bears in the late 1960s and early 70s, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 62.

Concannon died at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, son John J. Concannon III said Tuesday.

Concannon played for the Philadelphia Eagles (1964-66), Bears (1967-71), Green Bay Packers (1974) and Detroit Lions (1975). He passed for 6,270 yards and 36 touchdowns with 63 interceptions in 90 career regular-season games in the NFL.

Also a basketball and baseball player at Boston College, Concannon was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, appearing in the movie “M*A*S*H” as well as “Brian’s Song.”

In addition to his son, Concannon is survived by wife Ginny and daughters Kelly, Kara and Christa. A funeral was scheduled for Friday at Saint Brendan Church in Boston’s Dorchester section.

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