Tommy Runnels
(Redirected from Tom Runnels)
| No. 25 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born | January 28, 1934 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | April 7, 2012 (aged 78) Granbury, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | North Side (Fort Worth) | ||||||||||||
| College | North Texas (1951–1955) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1956: 14th round, 168th overall pick | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
* Offseason or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Melvin Thomas Runnels (January 28, 1934 – April 7, 2012[1]) was an American professional football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of North Texas and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1956 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas and died in Granbury, Texas.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Melvin Thomas "Tommy" Runnels (Obituary)". Hood County News. April 13, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit] | This biographical article relating to an American football running back born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |