Reginald Howard "Stretch" Carolan (October 25, 1939 – January 1, 1983) was an American professional football player, a tight end in the American Football League (AFL).
In college, Carolan starred in football, basketball, and track at the University of Idaho in Moscow,[2][3][4] and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers (and Los Angeles Rams) in 1961 while a junior.
He earned a 1966 AFL Championship ring with the Chiefs in their victory over the Buffalo Bills, and played in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers, commonly known as Super Bowl I.
[5][6] His son Brett Carolan (b.1971) played football at San Marin High School in Novato, at Washington State in Pullman, and in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins in the 1990s.
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