 Fears c. 1955 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Split end | ||||||||
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| Born: | December 3, 1922 Guadalajara, Mexico | ||||||||
| Died: | January 4, 2000 (aged 77) Palm Desert, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Manual Arts (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1945 / round: 11 / pick: 103 (by the Cleveland Rams)[1] | ||||||||
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Thomas Jesse Fears (December 3, 1922 – January 4, 2000) was a Mexican-American professional football player who was a split end for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League (NFL), playing nine seasons from 1948 to 1956. He was later an NFL assistant coach and head coach of the New Orleans Saints, and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins football team and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
- ^ "1945 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.