Donald Alan Heinrich (September 19, 1930 – February 29, 1992) was an American football player, coach, and announcer.

He played professionally as a quarterback in National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys.

[1][2][3][4] Born in Chicago, Heinrich was raised in Western Washington and graduated from Bremerton High School, west of Seattle, in 1948.

He was inducted into the U.S. Army that November,[11] prior to the Apple Cup in Spokane against Washington State, but was granted a pass to play.

They were expected to play together for three, but Heinrich's shoulder injury put junior Sam Mitchell and sophomore Dean Rockey at quarterback in 1951;[17] after three wins in their first four games, Washington went winless and fell to 3–6–1.

[2] On July 9, 1962, he returned as a player after the American Football League Oakland Raiders bought his rights from the NFL's Cowboys.

In 1983 and 1984, Heinrich was a color analyst for ESPN and ABC broadcasts of the United States Football League (USFL).

Heinrich was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 1991,[23] and died at age 61 at his home in Saratoga, California.