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Tommy McDonald (American football)
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- Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1957|1963}})
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1964}})
- Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1965|1966}})
- Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1967}})
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1968}})| highlights =
- NFL champion (1960)
- 2Ã First-team All-Pro (1959, 1960)
- 3Ã Second-team All-Pro (1959, 1961, 1962)
- 6Ã Pro Bowl (1958â1962, 1965)
- NFL receiving yards leader (1961)
- 2Ã NFL receiving touchdowns leader (1958, 1961)
- Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame
- Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team
- Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2005)
- 2Ã National champion (1955, 1956)
- Maxwell Award (1956)
- SN College Player of the Year (1956)
- Consensus All-American (1956)
- First-team All-American (1955)
- 2Ã First-team All-Big Seven (1955, 1956)
Early years
McDonald agreed to repeat the eighth grade, because his father felt the extra time would give him a chance to grow. He attended Roy High School in Roy, New Mexico, with an enrollment of around 150 students during his freshman year, where he played quarterback.As a sophomore, he transferred to Highland High School in Albuquerque. As a senior, he averaged over 20 yards per carry in football and set the state scoring record with 157 points.He also set the city scoring record in basketball, and won five gold medals in the state track meet (100, 220, low hurdles and 2 relays).College career
McDonald accepted a football scholarship from the University of Oklahoma, after the Oklahoma basketball coach Bruce Drake, saw him play in an All-star football game in Albuquerque and encouraged him to have his parent write a letter to the football head coach Bud Wilkinson. Based on Drake's recommendation, Wilkinson invited McDonald to visit the school's campus and offered him a football scholarship soon thereafter.WEB,weblink THE MONSTERS AND ME, January 7, 2018, In 1953, he spent the season on the freshman team. In 1954, he was a backup running back, registering 27 carries for 128 yards, 2 receptions for 28 yards and 2 touchdowns.In 1955, he was named a starter at running back, tallying 114 carries for 715 yards (led the team), 16 rushing touchdowns (led the team), 7 receptions for 110 yards (second on the team) and one receiving touchdown (tied for the team lead). He also was a passer on the option play. He became the first player in school history to score a touchdown in every game of a season.In 1956, he led the team with 119 carries for 853 yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, 12 receptions for 282 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns. At the end of the season he received the Maxwell Award as the nation's most outstanding college football player and finished third in the 1956 Heisman voting.He excelled as a running back, never played in a losing game and was one of the key players during the school's 47-game winning streak. In 1985, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.McDonald was also a member of the Delta Epsilon chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity while he was at Oklahoma.WEB,weblink Sigma Nu fraternity voluntarily leaves campus after membership declines, Williamson, Brandon, OU Daily, en, 2020-02-14,Professional career
Philadelphia Eagles
McDonald was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 1957 NFL draft. As a rookie, he was moved to wide receiver after he replaced an injured Bill Stribling in the ninth game of the season, making a 61-yard reception and a 25-yard receiving touchdown from quarterback Sonny Jurgensen.He was a part of the team that won the 1960 NFL Championship against Vince Lombardiâs Green Bay Packers. In the contest, he had a 35-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Norm Van Brocklin.In 1961, he led the NFL in receiving yards (1,144) and touchdowns (13). Against the New York Giants, he had 7 receptions for 237 yards and 2 touchdowns, which still is a franchise single-game record.On March 20, 1964, he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for Sam Baker, John Meyers, and Lynn Hoyem.WEB,weblink Tom McDonald Joins Cowboys, January 7, 2018,Dallas Cowboys
In 1964, he was switched from flanker to split end, because the Cowboys already had an accomplished flanker in Franklin Clarke and split end Billy Howton had just retired. Looking to improve the receiving corps to help the young quarterback Don Meredith, they also traded with the Pittsburgh Steelers to get Buddy Dial.In his only season with the club, he registered 46 receptions for 612 yards (13.3 average) and 2 touchdowns (one of them against the Eagles). In 1965, with the emergence of rookie Bob Hayes he was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for placekicker Danny Villanueva on May 14.WEB,weblink Los Angeles: Rams Get McDonald, January 7, 2018,Los Angeles Rams
McDonald recorded a career-high 67 receptions for 1,036 yards and 9 touchdowns in 1965. He was selected to his last Pro Bowl. In 1967 he was traded to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a draft choice.WEB,weblink Rams Trade McDonald To Falcons To Trim Roster, January 7, 2018,Atlanta Falcons
On September 10, 1968, he was waived following a season with 33 receptions for 436 yards and 4 touchdowns.Cleveland Browns
In 1968, McDonald was picked up by the Cleveland Browns for whom he caught 7 receptions for 113 yards and one touchdown. With the retirement of Raymond Berry the previous year, McDonald was technically the league's active leader in career receiving yards during the off-season but was surpassed in Game 1 by Don Maynard.His last NFL game was the 1968 NFL Championship Game against the Baltimore Colts. On March 15, 1969, he announced his retirement from pro football.WEB,weblink Tommy McDonald Quits Football, January 7, 2018,Legacy
McDonald was selected for six Pro Bowls, led the league in touchdown receptions twice (1958, 1961), and led the league in receiving yards once (1961). McDonald was the last non-kicker to play in the NFL without a facemask.He finished his career with 495 receptions for 8,410 yards and 84 touchdowns, the second-highest total of touchdown receptions in NFL history at the time. He also rushed for 22 yards and gained 1,459 yards and a touchdown returning punts and kickoffs on special teams, giving him 9,891 career all-purpose yards. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.Personal life and death
Following the Eagles NFL Championship victory, McDonald wrote an autobiography: They Pay Me to Catch Footballs, published by Chilton in 1962.He also dabbled in art. He owned Tommy McDonald Enterprises, a studio that did portrait paintings and plaques, mainly of athletes. He did not paint the portraits himself, but had two painters who created them, although he signed them as being by McDonald (Enterprises).WEB,weblink Classic catches up with Tommy McDonald, January 7, 2018, A portrait of Joe DiMaggio sold at auction for $4,000.WEB,weblink Items For The Auction of May 19th & 20th, 2006, January 7, 2018, He became great friends with Pro Football Hall of Fame writer, Ray Didinger, who was a huge fan of Tommy's during his time with the Eagles. As a child, Didinger would spend time with Tommy at Eagles training camp in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Didinger helped get Tommy into the Hall of Fame, and then went on to present Tommy into the Hall of Fame. Didinger also wrote a 75-minute play, "Tommy and Me" which tells the tale of Ray and Tommy.WEB, Montag, Madison, Ray Didingerâs play "Tommy and Me" coming to Hershey Theater,weblink www.abc27.com, WHTM-TV, abc27, 23 May 2023,weblink August 25, 2022, en, May 17, 2022, He died on September 24, 2018, at the age of 84. "Tommy McDonald lived life like he played the game of football," Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO C. David Baker said in a statement. "He was charismatic, passionate and had fun. He was such a character. Heaven is a happier place today.WEB,weblink Pro Football Hall of Famer Tommy McDonald dies at 84, NFL.com, September 24, 2018, TOMMY MCDONALD, 1934-2018He is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.NEWS, The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Concussion Legacy Foundation,weblink July 2, 2023, NEWS, Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller,weblink Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease., The New York Times, June 20, 2023, July 2, 2023,See also
- List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
- List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
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