Art Thoms

Infobox Pro Football player


Color=Black
fontcolor=Silver
Jersey=80
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1947|8|28|mf=y
Birthplace= Teaneck, New Jersey
DateofDeath=
Position=Defensive tackle
College=Syracuse
CommonDraftedYear=1969
CommonDraftedRound=1 / Pick 22
DraftedPick=22
Stats=Y
DatabaseFootball=THOMSART01
ProBowls=
years=1969
1970-1976
1977
teams=AFL Oakland Raiders
NFL Oakland Raiders
NFL Philadelphia Eagles

Arthur William Thoms (born August 28, 1947 in Teaneck, New Jersey) 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 and at Wayne High School. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=THOMSART01 Art Thoms player profile] , database Football. Accessed August 11, 2007.] [ [http://www.raiders.com/common/article.aspx?id=1314 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 Brickjohnsic, NJ. I played the last two years of high school ball there."] 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.

In 2002 he was inducted into the All-Millenuim Team at Syracuse.

ee also

Other American Football League players

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