David Canary

David Hoyt Canary was an American actor, bestknown for his roles in All My Children and Bonanza.

Canary was born in Elwood, Indiana, but grew up in Massillon, Ohio. He starred as an end on both offense and defense at Massillon Washington High School, where he graduated in 1956. The school honored him as a Distinguished Citizen thirtyfive years later in 1991. He earned a football scholarship to the University of Cincinnati, where he was a threeyear letterman from 1957 to 1959 and the recipient of the John Pease Award as the programs best lineman in his junior and senior years. Canary trained as a singer at the universitys College of Arts and Sciences and received his bachelors degree in music in 1960. He was picked by the Denver Broncos in the inaugural 1960 American Football League draft. Commenting on the selection in a 2004 interview for the Archive of American Television, he said, I thought they were out of their minds. I was 172 pounds, I wasnt very fast, and I couldnt catch a pass. They called me stone fingers. Instead of signing with the Broncos, he opted to head to New Yor

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