Back to the TCU Horned Frogs Newsfeed

TCU Random Fact of the Week: Davey O’ Brien’s FBI Career

Davey O’Brien’s legendary career with TCU and the Philadelphia Eagles came to an end in 1940, when he decided to leave football to join the...

*cue big band*

...Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Which brings us to this week’s random fact:

Oooooh so thrilling and mysterious!

Well, maybe his FBI career wasn’t as “Hollywood-esque” as it could have been. O’Brien worked in a field office in Springfield, Mo., before moving to Quantico, Va. (oooh Quantico!) to become a firearms instructor (oooh guns!