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| Sport: Football |
| Year Graduated: 1950 |
| Year Inducted: 1978 |
"In my more than 50 years as a player and coach on both professional and collegiate levels, there are three centers who stand head and shoulders above the rest. Mike Basrack of Duquesne, who later was an all-pro center with the Pittsburgh Steelers; Art DeMuer, also of Duquesne, who played 15 years with the Washington Redskins, and Art Boyle of Boston University, who was drafted by the Steelers but decided to forego professional football for a teaching career."
Thus Aldo "Buff" Donelli describes his former Terrier center. "He was not only one of the best centers I ever coached," Buff added, "he is the only one that I can ever remember not making a bad snap."
When Art came to Boston University he was a tackle, a position
he played at Cathedral High, where he won All-Scholastic honors.
Buff was impressed with his size and agility and moved him
to center.
Art did more direct passing during his three years on the
varsity team than most pro centers do in a lifetime.
"As a blocker," according to teammate and Hall of Famer Bobby Whelan, "Art had no peers. He was outstanding."
In 1961, Art was named to Boston University's Post-War All-Star
team, joining Whelan and several other Hall of Famers, including
Harry Agganis, Irv Heller, Lou Lovely, Bob Capuano, Johnny
Kastan, and Bill Budness, to name but a few.
