Tom Mack

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Tom Mack
Position (s):
Guard 		Jersey number (s):
65
born November 1, 1943 in Cleveland , Ohio
Career information
Active : 1966 - 1978
NFL Draft : 1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
College : University of Michigan
Teams
Career statistics
Games     184
as a starter     162
Fumbles conquered     5
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Thomas Lee "Tom" Mack (* 1. November 1943 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a former American American football poker players. He played as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams .

Player career

College career

Tom Mack was born to Ray Mack , a professional baseball player for the Cleveland Indians . He attended high school in Cleveland and played on the local football team as a wide receiver . After graduating from high school, he received a scholarship to the University of Michigan , where he studied engineering. Mack was only in his last two years of college in the football team , the Michigan Wolverines , used as an offensive tackle . In 1964 he won the championship in the Big Ten Conference with his team . In the same year he won with the Wolverines in the Rose Bowl against Oregon State University 34-7. After the 1965 season, he was voted All-American . His college honored him in 1964 and 1965 for his athletic achievements.

Professional career

Tom Mack was drafted second in the 1966 by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round . In the same year had George Allen the post of Head coaches taken at the Rams. The Rams have not been a very successful football team in previous years. Everyone managed to significantly improve the team's performance. He put Mack on the offensive line as a guard. His job was to protect quarterback Roman Gabriel and to block the way into the opposing end zone for his own running back . In 1967 Tom Mack was able to move into the play-offs for the first time with his team . The Rams had won eleven of 14 games in the regular season and faced the Green Bay Packers , supervised by Vince Lombardi , in the divisional play-off game . The team from Green Bay was superior and won the game 28: 7. The Rams should now establish themselves as the top team in the NFL. Tom Mack and his team were able to move into the NFC Championship Game four times . The Rams couldn't win any of the games. In 1974, the team failed at 10:14 at the Minnesota Vikings . After the regular season 1975 followed a 7:37 loss to the Dallas Cowboys . In the 1976 season, the Rams lost again to the Vikings, this time with 13:24. In 1978 Mack lost his last final, again the Cowboys were the opponents, who were able to prevail this time with 28: 0. Tom Mack ended his career after this final defeat in the final and after his last participation in the Pro Bowl . Mack acted as team captain for the Rams in his last four years . He never missed a team game during his 13-year professional career.

After the career

After his career, Tom Mack became Vice President at Bechtel Corporation . He lives in Las Vegas , Nevada .

Honors

Tom Mack played eleven times in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players of the season. He has been elected all-pro eight times and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor , his high school hall of fame, and the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. The St. Louis Rams also honor him on the St. Louis Ring of Fame in the Edward Jones Dome , the stadium of the Rams.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ College awards from Tom Mack  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lostlettermen.com  
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the Rams 1967
  3. ^ Statistics divisional play-off game Rams versus Packers 1967
  4. ↑ Annual statistics of the Los Angeles Rams 1974
  5. ↑ Statistics NFC final 1974
  6. ↑ Annual statistics of the Los Angeles Rams 1975
  7. ↑ Statistics NFC final 1975
  8. ↑ Annual statistics of the Los Angeles Rams 1976
  9. ↑ Statistics NFC final 1976
  10. ↑ Annual statistics of the Los Angeles Rams 1978
  11. ↑ Statistics NFC final 1978

Web links

Cleveland Rams / Los Angeles Rams / St. Louis Rams members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame


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personal data
SURNAME Mack, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mack, Thomas Lee (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio , United States