Clendon Thomas
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| Clendon Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 28, 1935 |
| Place of birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| College | Oklahoma |
| NFL Draft | 1958 / Round 2 |
| Statistics | |
| Team(s) | |
| 1958-1961 1962-1968 |
Los Angeles Rams Pittsburgh Steelers |
Clendon Thomas (born December 28, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former American football halfback who played ten seasons in the National Football League.
In college, he was a star athlete for the Oklahoma Sooners under legendary coach Bud Wilkinson. He led the Sooners in scoring in 1956 and led the nation in scoring in 1957.[1] He helped lead the Sooners to back-to-back national championships in 1955 and 1956.[2] He was an All-Conference selection his junior and senior years and was a consensus All-American his senior year.[1] He also finished in ninth place in the Heisman Trophy balloting that season (the award was won by John David Crow that year).[3]
In the 1958 NFL Draft, Thomas was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the second round. He played for the Rams for four seasons before being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers where he played for another seven years and finished his career.
Thomas has been nominated to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame several times. He is also listed on the 2007 ballot. Players cannot be inducted once 50 years has passed since their last year of college football participation and since Thomas’s last year of college football was in 1957, this is the last year he is eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.[2]
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Thomas, Clendon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935-12-28 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oklahoma City, OK |
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