draftyear death_place death_date birth_place statvalue article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl pfr number draftpick statlabel
1940 fort worth , texas , us 5 april 2015 sulphur springs , texas , us 75 952 7 don looney
 end 8 texas christian university 2 september 1916 loo711924 l/loondo20 30 63 receptions receiving yards touchdowns
don looney

john don looney -lrb- september 2 , 1916 -- april 5 , 2015 -rrb- was a professional american football end in the national football league .
he was born in sulphur springs , texas .
he played three seasons for the philadelphia eagles -lrb- 1940 -rrb- and the pittsburgh steelers -lrb- 1941 -- 1942 -rrb- .
he was the first receiver in nfl history to have over 100 yards receiving in each of his first two games , a feat which was not equaled until the 2008 nfl season by another eagles wide receiver , desean jackson .
at the time of his death , looney was the second oldest living former nfl player .
he was the father of nfl running back joe don looney , who later died in a one-person motorcycle accident after his nfl career ended .
