Tom Feamster
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| Positions | Defensive end, offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Born | October 23, 1930 Warwick, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | June 9, 2020 (aged 89) Hazard, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Warwick (Newport News, Virginia) | ||||||
| College | William & Mary Florida State | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1955: 4th round, 40th overall pick | ||||||
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Thomas Otey Feamster (October 23, 1930 – June 9, 2020[1]) was an American professional football player for the National Football League (NFL)'s Baltimore Colts. He played in twelve games in the 1956 season after his collegiate career at William & Mary and then Florida State.[2]
In 1969, Feamster entered a seminary and was later ordained an Episcopal priest. In 1979, he served as a minister to John Spenkelink prior to Spenkelink's execution.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Otey Feamster: October 23, 1930 - June 9, 2020". Maggard Funeral Homes. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ^ Tom Feamster @ pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- ^ Von Drehle, David. Among the Lowest of the Dead: Inside Death Row. New York: Fawcett Crest (imprint of Ballantine Books), 1996. ISBN 0449225232 p. 77
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- 1930 births
- 2020 deaths
- American football defensive ends
- Baltimore Colts players
- Basketball players from Virginia
- Centers (basketball)
- Florida State Seminoles football players
- Florida State Seminoles men's basketball players
- Players of American football from Newport News, Virginia
- William & Mary Tribe football players
- American men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century American Episcopal priests
- 21st-century American Episcopal priests
- Warwick High School (Virginia) alumni
- American football defensive lineman, 1930s birth stubs