[1] He first attended Nashua High School,[2] playing football and baseball, being team captain in the former.

[7] In the seventh game of the season, against Dartmouth, Daukas was lined up against his brother Nick, who played as a lineman for the opposing team.

[11] While in the army, he played and coached for the Fort Warren, Wyoming, football team, leading them to "one of the best records in the Rocky Mountains", according to the Nashua Telegraph.

[8] He was also selected to the Eastern College Football All-Star team, which played the New York Giants in an exhibition match.

[4] Following the fourth game of the 1947 AAFC season,[13] the Brooklyn Dodgers, attempting to "bolster their [injury-]riddled squad," signed Daukas on September 26.

[3][20] He served as the Vice President and Legal Counsel at Pratt & Whitney over a period of 30 years.