He was a member of three NFL championship teams, one with the Giants in 1934 and two as Redskins head coach in 1937 and 1942, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976.

[4] Flaherty competed on the Gonzaga Bulldogs track and field, baseball, and basketball teams in addition to playing football.

[6] It played all its games on the road in its only season, which ended with a post-season barnstorming tour through the South against league rival New York Yankees.

[4] Following his playing career, Flaherty was hired by George Preston Marshall, owner of the NFL's Boston Redskins, as head coach for the 1936 season.

[10][11] The team won the division title that year, then relocated to Washington, D.C. for the 1937 season, and picked up future hall of fame quarterback Sammy Baugh in the first round of the 1937 NFL draft.

[22][23] After the end of the AAFC in 1949, Flaherty returned to the Spokane area to enter private business as a beverage distributor,[24] and lived in nearby northern Idaho.