Height 1.85 m College VMI Weight 86 kg | Name Bobby Thomason Positions Quarterback Role American football player | |
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Date of birth (1928-03-26)March 26, 1928 Date of death November 5, 2013(2013-11-05) (aged 85) Place of death Charlotte, North Carolina NFL draft 1949 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 Died November 5, 2013, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Education Virginia Military Institute Pro bowls 1954 Pro Bowl, 1956 Pro Bowl, 1957 Pro Bowl | ||
Place of birth Albertville, Alabama | ||
Robert Lee "Bobby" Thomason (March 26, 1928 – November 5, 2013) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles. While with the 1953 Eagles, he threw for over 400 yards in a single game, the first professional quarterback to do so. He was selected to three Pro Bowls. Thomason played college football at Virginia Military Institute and was drafted in the first round of the 1949 NFL Draft.
Thomason married Jean Pierce in 1951. They had one daughter. Both survived him, as, in 2013, he died of heart failure at the age of 85.
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