Tom Blanchard
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Born: | Grants Pass, Oregon | May 28, 1948
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Career information | |
Position(s) | Punter |
College | Oregon |
NFL draft | 1971 / Round: 12 / Pick: 304 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1971–1973 | New York Giants |
1974–1978 | New Orleans Saints |
1979–1981 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Career stats | |
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Thomas Richard Blanchard (born May 28, 1948) is a former American football punter with an 11-year career in the National Football League for the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at the University of Oregon, where he was quarterback as well as punter. He led Grants Pass High School to the 1964 state high school football championship as a junior.
His two sons, Tommy (the eldest) and Jimmy (five years the junior) both were starting quarterbacks at Grants Pass High School, leading their respective teams to the playoffs. Tom is now the sports director at Grants Pass High School.[citation needed]
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- 1948 births
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- American football punters
- American football quarterbacks
- New Orleans Saints players
- New York Giants players
- Oregon Ducks football players
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- Sportspeople from Grants Pass, Oregon
- Players of American football from Oregon
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