Clendon Thomas

Clendon Thomas: Clendon Thomas
Date of birth: December 28, 1935 (1935-12-28) (age 75)

Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Career information

Position(s): Halfback

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight: 196 lb (89 kg)

College: Oklahoma

NFL Draft: 1958 / Round: 2

Organizations

As player:

1958-1961
1962-1968 Los Angeles Rams
Pittsburgh Steelers

Career highlights and awards

Pro Bowls: 1

Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

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 during both the 1956 and '57 seasons, while also leading the nation in the category during the 1956 season.^[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^[3] 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).^[4]

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 was selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "All-American: Clendon Thomas". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aa-clendon-thomas-1957.html. Retrieved 2007-03-22.

^ "2007 Ballot for College Football Hall of Fame Announced". National Football Foundation. 2007-03-07. http://www.footballfoundation.com/news.php?id=1112. Retrieved 2007-03-22.

^ "All-Conference Players". SoonerSports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletic Department. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/m-footbl-all-conference.html. Retrieved 2007-08-22.

^ "1957 - 23rd Award". Heisman.com. http://www.heisman.com/winners/j-crow57.php. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

^ "NFF Announces 2011 Football Bowl Subdivision College Football Hall of Fame Class". College Football Hall of Fame. http://www.collegefootball.org/news_article.php?id=2058. Retrieved 2011-05-18.

v · d · eOklahoma Sooners Football 1955 Consensus National Champions

Bill Krisher | Tommy McDonald | Dennit Morris | Clendon Thomas | Jerry Tubbs
Head Coach Bud Wilkinson

v · d · eOklahoma Sooners Football 1956 Consensus National Champions

Dave Baker | Bob Harrison | Bill Krisher | Tommy McDonald | Dennit Morris | Clendon Thomas | Jerry Tubbs
Head Coach Bud Wilkinson

v · d · ePittsburgh Steelers Legends team

Offense: Bobby Layne | Dick Hoak | John Henry Johnson | Roy Jefferson | Ray Mathews | Elbie Nickel | Chuck Cherundolo | Mike Sandusky | Bruce Van Dyke | Charlie Bradshaw | Frank Varrichione
Defense: Eugene Lipscomb | Ernie Stautner | Ben McGee | Bill McPeak | Dale Dodrill | Myron Pottios | Jerry Shipkey | Jack Butler | Bill Dudley | Howard Hartley | Clendon Thomas
Specialists: Armand Niccolai | Pat Brady

Persondata

Name Thomas, Clendon

Alternative names

Short description American football player

Date of birth 1935-12-28

Place of birth Oklahoma City, OK

Date of death

Place of death

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**Clendon Thomas**
Date of birth:	December 28, 1935 (1935-12-28) (age 75)
Place of birth:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Career information
Position(s):	Halfback
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	196 lb (89 kg)
College:	Oklahoma
NFL Draft:	1958 / Round: 2
Organizations
As player:
1958-1961 1962-1968	Los Angeles Rams Pittsburgh Steelers
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls:	1
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Clendon
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	1935-12-28
Place of birth	Oklahoma City, OK
Date of death
Place of death

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