Boob Darling

{{Short description|American football player (1903–1968)}}

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|birth_date=November 18, 1903

|birth_place=Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date=March 5, 1968 (aged 64)

|death_place= Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

|Position=Center

|College= Beloit
Ripon

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|Honors=Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

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|playing_years1=1927–1931

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Bernard "Boob" Darling (November 18, 1903 – March 5, 1968) was an American professional football player. He played his entire five-year career with the Green Bay Packers,{{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/player/boobdarling/2512463/profile | title=Boob Darling | publisher=NFL | access-date=27 December 2013}} and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970.{{cite book|last=Gullickson|first=Denis J.|title=Vagabond Halfback: The Life and Times of Johnny Blood McNally|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-O9PaZaj1F4C&pg=PA176|year=2006|publisher=Trail Books|isbn=978-1-931599-73-3|page=176}}

Darling received his nickname from his younger sister, who always called him "Booboo", which was eventually shortened to just "Boob".Wolf, Bob. "Boob Darling Tried in Vain to Shed His Nickname." The Milwaukee Journal 7 Dec. 1965: n. pag. Print.

Darling died at Milwaukee in March 1968, of cancer.{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19680306&id=0KRRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3758,966180 | title=Boob Darling, Ex-Packer, Dies at 64 | publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel | date=March 6, 1968 | access-date=18 August 2014 | pages=9}}

He is the younger brother of Lon Darling, a pioneer in early professional basketball in the United States and founder of the National Basketball League.{{cite web| title = Bernard "Boob" Darling| work =Packers.com| publisher =Green Bay Packers | url =https://www.packers.com/history/hof/bernard-darling| access-date = May 23, 2019}}