Art Thoms
Art Thoms | |
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Born | Teaneck, New Jersey |
August 28, 1947
Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
College | Syracuse |
Common Draft | 1969 / Round 1 / Pick 22 |
Jersey #(s) | 80 |
Statistics | |
Teams | |
1969 1970-1976 1977 |
AFL Oakland Raiders NFL Oakland Raiders NFL Philadelphia Eagles |
Arthur William Thoms (born August 28, 1947 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is a former collegiate and professional American football defensive tackle who played nine seasons in the American Football League and the National Football League.
Thoms played high school football at Brick Township High School in Brick Township, New Jersey and at Wayne High School.[1][2] From there he spent one year in the Hargrave Military Academy, which is where Syracuse Football found him and offered him a full scholarship.
Thoms was taken in the 1969 Common Draft by the American Football League's Oakland Raiders. He played one year for the AFL's Raiders, then seven for them in the NFL, and one year with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.
Member of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI Team in 1976.
In 2002 he was inducted into the All-Millenium Team at Syracuse.
See also
Other American Football League players
References
- ↑ Art Thoms player profile, database Football. Accessed August 11, 2007.
- ↑ Art Thoms, Oakland Raiders. Accessed August 11, 2007. "I started playing football in high school. It was the freshman team at Wayne High School in Wayne, N.J. I played two years there and then my family moved to Brickjohn [sic], NJ. I played the last two years of high school ball there."
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- 1947 births
- American football defensive tackles
- Living people
- Oakland Raiders (AFL) players
- Oakland Raiders players
- People from Brick Township, New Jersey
- People from Teaneck, New Jersey
- People from Wayne, New Jersey
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Syracuse Orange football players
- American football defensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs