Art Thoms
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||
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| Date of birth: | August 28, 1947 | ||
| Place of birth: | Teaneck, New Jersey | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| College: | Syracuse | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | ||
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Arthur William Thoms (born August 28, 1947) 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.
Current girls basketball coach at Campolindo High School
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."