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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1903–1994)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name           = Ray Flaherty
| image          = Ray flaherty photo 1940s.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Flaherty {{circa}} 1940s
| number         = 20, 11, 17, 6, 1
| position       = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1903|9|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Lamont, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1994|7|19|1903|9|1}}
| death_place    = [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho]], U.S.
| height_ft      = 
| height_in      = 
| weight_lb      = 
| high_school    = [[Gonzaga Preparatory School|Gonzaga]] {{nowrap|([[Spokane, Washington]])}}
| college        = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] (1922) <br> [[Gonzaga Bulldogs football|Gonzaga]] (1923–1925)
| pastteams      = 
* [[Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL)|Los Angeles Wildcats]] ([[American Football League (1926)|1926]])
* [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]] ({{NFL Year|1927|1928}})
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1929}}; {{NFL Year|1931|1935}})
| pastcoaching   = 
* [[Gonzaga Bulldogs football|Gonzaga]] (1930) <br> Head coach
* [[Boston Redskins|Boston]] / [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1936|1942}}) <br> Head coach
* [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]] ([[1946 AAFC season|1946]]–[[1948 AAFC season|1948]]) <br> Head coach
* [[Chicago Hornets]] ([[1949 AAFC season|1949]]) <br> Head coach
| highlights     = 
; As a player
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1934 NFL Championship Game|1934]])
* 7× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1926 All-Pro Team|1926]]–[[1929 All-Pro Team|1929]], [[1932 All-Pro Team|1932]]–[[1934 All-Pro Team|1934]])
* Third-team All-Pro ([[1931 All-Pro Team|1931]])
* [[List of NFL annual receptions leaders|NFL receptions leader]] (1932)
* [[List of NFL annual receiving yards leaders|NFL receiving yards leader]] (1932)
* [[List of NFL annual receiving touchdowns leaders|NFL receiving touchdowns leader]] (1932)
* [[New York Giants#Retired numbers|New York Giants No. 1]] retired (Unretired 2024)
; As a coach
* 2× NFL champion ([[1937 NFL Championship Game|1937]], [[1942 NFL Championship Game|1942]])
* [[Washington Commanders 90 Greatest]]
| statlabel1     = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue1     = 41
| statlabel2     = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receiving yards]]
| statvalue2     = 626
| statlabel3     = [[Touchdown|Receiving touchdowns]]
| statvalue3     = 20
| regular_record = College: {{Winning percentage|1|7|1|record=y}} <br> NFL: {{Winning percentage|54|21|5|record=y}} <br> AAFC: {{Winning percentage|26|16|2|record=y}} <br> '''Total: {{Winning percentage|81|44|8|record=y}}'''
| playoff_record = NFL: {{Winning percentage|2|2|record=y}} <br> AAFC: {{Winning percentage|2|4|record=y}} <br> '''Total: {{Winning percentage|4|6|record=y}}'''
| overall_record = College: {{Winning percentage|1|7|1|record=y}} <br> NFL: {{Winning percentage|56|23|5|record=y}} <br> AAFC: {{Winning percentage|28|20|2|record=y}} <br> '''Total: {{Winning percentage|85|50|8|record=y}}'''
| pfr            = F/FlahRa20
| pfrcoach       = FlahRa0
| HOF            = ray-flaherty
}}

'''Raymond Paul Flaherty''' (September 1, 1903 – July 19, 1994) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player and coach who spent 18 total seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) as both a player and a coach. He played [[college football]] for the [[Gonzaga Bulldogs football|Gonzaga Bulldogs]] and played for the [[Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL)|Los Angeles Wildcats]] of the [[American Football League (1926)|American Football League]] (AFL) and the [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]] and [[New York Giants]] of the NFL. The Giants [[retired number|retired his jersey number]] 1, the first in NFL history, upon his playing retirement in 1935.

Flaherty was head coach of Gonzaga's [[Gonzaga Bulldogs football|football]] and [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|basketball]] teams in 1930 and 1931, the NFL's [[Washington Redskins]] from 1936 to 1942, and the [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]] and [[Chicago Hornets]] of the [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) in the latter half of the 1940s. He was a member of three [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL championship teams]], one with the Giants in [[1934 NFL Championship Game|1934]] and two as Redskins head coach in [[1937 Washington Redskins season|1937]] and [[1942 Washington Redskins season|1942]], and was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1976.

==Early life==
Born on a farm near [[Lamont, Washington|Lamont]] in [[Eastern Washington|eastern]] [[Washington (state)|Washington]],<ref name=nflegfrd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XD8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cAoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6341%2C5252985 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Blanchette |first=John |title=NFL legend Ray Flaherty dies |date=July 20, 1994 |page=C1}}</ref> Flaherty grew up in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] and was a multi-sport athlete at Gonzaga High School (now [[Gonzaga Preparatory School|Gonzaga Prep]]) and [[Gonzaga Bulldogs football|Gonzaga University]],<ref name=pbmhm/><ref name=gpsix>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vIZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3080%2C2795223 |newspaper=Spokane Chronicle |location=Washington|last=Godes |first=Kerry |title=Gonzaga Prep selects six for its new Hall of Fame |date=March 30, 1987|page=C5 }}</ref> where he played with [[Hust Stockton]] under head coach [[Gus Dorais]]. As a freshman, Flaherty attended [[Washington State University|Washington State College]] in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]], then transferred to Gonzaga before his sophomore year.<ref name=rfgx/> Flaherty competed on the [[Gonzaga Bulldogs track and field]], baseball, and basketball teams in addition to playing football.<ref>{{cite web |title=RAY FLAHERTY |url=https://gozags.com/honors/gonzaga-athletic-hall-of-fame/ray-flaherty/23 |website=Gonzaga Bulldogs |access-date=8 August 2024}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Flaherty began his professional football career in 1926 with the [[Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL)|Los Angeles Wildcats]] of the [[American Football League (1926)|American Football League]], a team of [[Western United States|western]] players based in [[Illinois]].<ref name=flahon>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H_AjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1fgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6615%2C2397094 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|last=Derrick |first=Merle |title=Flaherty honored |date=January 27, 1976 |page=17 }}</ref> It played all its games on the road in its only season, which ended with a post-season barnstorming tour through the [[Southern United States|South]] against league rival [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]]. Flaherty then played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for eight seasons, first with the Yankees (1927–1928) with [[Red Grange]], until the franchise folded following the 1928 season. He joined the [[New York Giants]], [[1929 New York Giants season|1929]] through the [[1935 New York Giants season|1935]] season, except for 1930, when he returned to Spokane as the head coach at his [[alma mater]], Gonzaga.<ref name=rfgx>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RxVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3861%2C950088 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Ray Flaherty Gonzaga coach |date=May 4, 1980 |page=1, sports }}</ref> He also coached the [[Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball|Bulldog basketball team]] for a season (1930–1931).<ref name=icastoss>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=1931010&id=is9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6895,1269260 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|title=Irish casaba tossers hit winning stride; play Spokane Sparklers Saturday night |date=January 7, 1931 |page=15 }}</ref> At the end of the [[1935 New York Giants season|1935]] season, Flaherty's jersey number 1 was 'taken out of circulation', thus making Flaherty the first professional football player to have his number retired.<ref name=numretire>{{cite news|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2105810_2105811_2105882,00.html |magazine=Time Magazine |last=Berry |first=Allison |title=Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the New York Giants |date=February 2, 2012 |page=7 }}</ref> In 2024, wide receiver [[Malik Nabers]] was given permission by Flaherty's family to wear the number.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eisen |first1=Michael |title=Malik Nabers to wear No. 1 with permission from Flaherty family |url=https://www.giants.com/news/malik-nabers-to-wear-no-1-with-permission-from-flahery-family |website=www.giants.com |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref> In 1930, Flaherty played [[minor league baseball]] as a [[second baseman]] with the [[Providence Grays (minor league)|Providence Grays]] of the [[Eastern League (baseball, 1916–32)|Eastern League]].<ref name=rfgx/>

==Head coaching career==
[[File:George Marshall and Ray Flaherty, football coach of Washington Redskins (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Flaherty (''right'') as [[Washington Redskins]] head coach meeting with team owner [[George Preston Marshall]], 1937]]
Following his playing career, Flaherty was hired by [[George Preston Marshall]], owner of the NFL's [[Boston Redskins]], as head coach for the [[1936 Boston Redskins season|1936]] season.<ref name=ftbr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t9RXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DPUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3155%2C7509107
|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Flaherty to coach Boston Redskins |date=December 24, 1935 |page=1 }}</ref><ref name=fledres>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UVsVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-gkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6345%2C607540 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |last=Blanchette |first=John |title=Flaherty earned due respect |date=July 22, 1994 |page=C1 }}</ref> The team won the division title that year, then relocated to Washington, D.C. for the [[1937 Washington Redskins season|1937]] season, and picked up future hall of fame [[quarterback]] [[Sammy Baugh]] in the first round of the [[1937 NFL draft]].<ref name=fledres/> In seven seasons at the helm of the Redskins, Flaherty won four division titles ({{NFL Year|1936}}, {{NFL Year|1937}}, {{NFL Year|1940}}, {{NFL Year|1942}}) and two NFL Championships ([[1937 NFL Championship Game|1937]], [[1942 NFL Championship Game|1942]]). Among his innovations on offense, Flaherty is credited with inventing the [[screen pass]] in 1937.<ref name=pbmhm>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cVdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6O4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2145%2C484084 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|last=Blanchette |first=John |title=Papa Bear met his match in Ray Flaherty |date=November 2, 1983 |page=C1 }}</ref><ref name=lflisc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w4dUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Qo8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2931%2C4760806 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |location=Washington|agency=UPI |title=Legends: Flaherty in 'same class' |date=September 4, 1980 |page=8 }}</ref>

The Redskins held their 1940 training camp in Spokane at Gonzaga;<ref name=flsend>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ROJXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RvUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3352%2C1235253
|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Flaherty sends Redskins into first practice grind |date=August 6, 1940 |page=11 }}</ref> the previous year's camp was also held in [[Spokane County, Washington|Spokane County]], at [[Eastern Washington University|Eastern Washington College]] in [[Cheney, Washington|Cheney]].<ref name=pgsbp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sx9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9eMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5000%2C2250225 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|title=Pro grid squad begins practice |date=August 8, 1939 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name=rdskwltr >{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=geFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PvUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6824%2C5105922 
|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=Washington|title=Redskins will train on Gonzaga field starting August 6 |date=July 24, 1940 |page=11}}</ref><ref name=woordk>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6FVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2452%2C3907340 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Johnson |first=Bob |title=Woo Redskins |date=January 19, 1959 |page=13 }}</ref> In 1941 and 1942, the Redskins trained in [[California]] in [[San Diego]] at Brown Military Academy.<ref name=twotripws>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DrVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5422%2C3662099 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Two trips west |last=Johnson |first=Bob |date=January 28, 1972 |page=13 }}</ref><ref name=tchist>{{cite web|url=http://redskinsrva.bonsecours.com/redskins-training-camp-history|publisher=Redskins RVA |title=Training camp history |access-date=February 7, 2014}}</ref>

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Flaherty served as an [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the [[United States Navy in World War II|U.S. Navy during World War II]], then returned to pro football in 1946 as a head coach in the new [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC). With the [[New York Yankees (AAFC)|New York Yankees]], he won division titles in each of his two full seasons at the helm, but lost to the Cleveland Browns in the title games. After a poor start in 1948, owner [[Dan Topping]] relieved Flaherty of his duties in mid-September.<ref name=yfrfagc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GYFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625%2C1193827 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Yankees "fire" Ray Flaherty as grid coach |date=September 18, 1948 |page=11 }}</ref> Several months later he was hired as head coach of the AAFC's [[Chicago Hornets]], known as the [[Chicago Rockets|Rockets]] in their three previous seasons.<ref name=pbmhm/><ref name=rfncochr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cXgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4075%2C5157575 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Ray Flaherty named coach of Chicago Rockets |date=January 30, 1949 |page=24 }}</ref><ref name=ftgchp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=teNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=svUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4191%2C238383 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|agency=United Press |title=Ray Flaherty to get Chappuis and others |date=February 1, 1949 |page=11 }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1976 for his contributions as a coach.<ref name=fntpgh>{{cite news |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pfMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7314%2C4434120 |location=Spokane, Washington | last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Flaherty named to pro grid hall |date=January 27, 1976 |page=11}}</ref><ref name=rfghito>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XPdLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ne0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2653%2C2952563 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Ray Flaherty gains Hall induction today |date=July 24, 1976 |page=13 }}</ref>

==After football==
After the end of the AAFC in 1949, Flaherty returned to the Spokane area to enter private business as a beverage distributor,<ref name=fwcuotg>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ry5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3uUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6848%2C4546439 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, Washington |last=Hewins |first=Jack |agency=Associated Press |title=Flaherty won't coach unless offer "too good to decline" appears |date=August 22, 1951 |page=13 }}</ref> and lived in nearby [[Idaho Panhandle|northern]] [[Idaho]]. During football season, he was a part-time columnist for the ''[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]].''<ref name=flahon/><ref name=ftcfdc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7PlXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C818026|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Flaherty to conduct football dope column |date=September 3, 1954 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name=flexofa>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-CZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5151%2C1095428
|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|title=Flaherty experts on football again |date=September 5, 1958 |page=11 }}</ref> A college friend of [[Bing Crosby]], Flaherty participated in the singer's Spokane memorial service in 1977.<ref name=csset>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9vgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2148%2C16155 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|title=Crosby service set |date=October 17, 1977 |page=3}}</ref><ref name=mrhfcfv>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0_VLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0O0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6826%2C1632202 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Smith |first=Jim |title=Memorial rites held for city favorite, Bing Crosby |date=October 19, 1977 |page=7 }}</ref>

After an extended illness at the age of 90, Flaherty died on July 19, 1994, in [[Hayden, Idaho]].<ref name=nflegfrd/>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Gonzaga Bulldogs football|Gonzaga Bulldogs]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1930
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1930 college football season|1930]]
 | name         = [[1930 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team|Gonzaga]]
 | overall      = 1–7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Gonzaga
 | overall    = 1–7–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 1–7–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}
<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=NCAA Statistics; Coach; Ray Flaherty |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/24329?sport_code=MFB |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] |access-date=January 19, 2025 }}</ref>

===Professional===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Post season
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1936 Boston Redskins season|BOS]]||[[1936 NFL season|1936]]
||7||5||0|| .583 ||'''1st in Eastern Division'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <small>'''Lost [[1936 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]] to [[1936 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]'''</small>
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1937 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]||[[1937 NFL season|1937]]
||8||3||0|| .727 ||'''1st in Eastern Division'''|| 1 || 0 || 1.000 || <small>'''Won [[1937 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]] over [[1937 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]'''</small>
|-
![[1938 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]||[[1938 NFL season|1938]]
||6||3||2|| .667 ||2nd in Eastern Division|| - || - || - || -
|-
![[1939 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]||[[1939 NFL season|1939]]
||8||2||1|| .800 ||2nd in Eastern Division|| - || - || - || -
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1940 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]||[[1940 NFL season|1940]]
||9||2||0|| .818 ||'''1st in Eastern Division'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <small>'''Lost [[1940 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]] to [[1940 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]'''</small>
|- 
![[1941 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]||[[1941 NFL season|1941]]
||6||5||0|| .545 ||3rd in Eastern Division|| - || - || - || -
|- ! style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1942 Washington Redskins season|WAS]]||[[1942 NFL season|1942]]
||10||1||0|| .909 ||'''1st in Eastern Division'''|| 1 || 0 || 1.000 || <small>'''Won [[1942 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]] over [[1942 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]'''</small>
|-
! colspan="2"|WAS/NFL Total|| 54 || 21 || 5 || 72.0 |||| 2 || 2 || .500 || 
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) season|NYY]]||1946
||10||3||1|| .769 ||'''1st in Eastern Division'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <small>'''Lost AAFC Championship Game to [[1946 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]'''</small>
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1947 New York Yankees (AAFC) season|NYY]]||1947
||11||2||1|| .846 ||'''1st in Eastern Division'''|| 0 || 1 || .000 || <small>'''Lost AAFC Championship Game to [[1947 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]]'''</small>
|-
![[1948 New York Yankees (AAFC) season|NYY]]||1948
||1||3||0|| .250 ||''fired in mid-season''|| - || - || - || -
|-
! colspan="2"|NYY AAFC Total|| 22 || 8 || 2 || .733 |||| 0 || 2 || .000 || 
|-
![[1949 Chicago Hornets season|CHI]]||1949
||4||8||0|| .333 ||4th in AAFC|| - || - || - || -
|-
! colspan="2"|CHI AAFC Total|| 4 || 8 || 0 || .333 |||| - || - || - || - 
|-
! colspan="2"|AAFC Total|| 26 || 16 || 2 || .619 |||| 0 || 2 || .000 || - 
|-
! colspan="2"|Professional Total|| 80 || 37 || 5 || .684 |||| 2 || 4 || .333 || 
|-
! colspan="11"|Source: [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/FlahRa0.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]
|}

==See also==
* [[History of the New York Giants (1925–78)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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