College Syracuse Jersey number 80 Education Syracuse University | Role American football player Name Art Thoms Positions Tackle | |
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Born August 28, 1947 (age 76)
Teaneck, New Jersey ( 1947-08-28 ) Common Draft 1969 / Round 1 / Pick 22 1969
1970-1976
1977 AFL Oakland Raiders
NFL Oakland Raiders
NFL Philadelphia Eagles | ||
Art Thoms: Football Defensive Tackle
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. 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