"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," said then-head coach Aldo "Buff" Donelli. "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."
"He was not only one of the best centers I ever coached, he is the only one that I can ever remember not making a bad snap," said Donelli of his former Terrier center.
When Arthur "Art" Boyle came to Boston University he was a tackle, a position he played at Cathedral H.S., where he won All-Scholastic honors. Donelli was impressed with his size and agility and moved him to center.
Boyle did more direct passing during his three years on the varsity team than most pro centers do in a lifetime.
"As a blocker, Art had no peers,"Â said teammate and Hall of Famer Bobby Whelan. "He was outstanding."
In 1961, Boyle 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.
