Clendon Thomas

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Clendon Thomas
Date of birth:	December 28, 1935 (1935-12-28) (age 72)
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
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 in 1956 and led the nation in scoring in 1957.^[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 nominated to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame several times and was listed for on the 2007 ballot, but was not inducted. Since 50 years has passed since his last year of college football participation (1957), Thomas is no longer eligible.^[2]

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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