Tom Runnels
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Born: | Fort Worth, Texas | January 28, 1934
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Died: | April 7, 2012 Granbury, Texas | (aged 78)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Halfback |
College | North Texas |
NFL draft | 1956 / Round: 14 / Pick: 168 (by the Los Angeles Rams) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1956–1957 | Washington Redskins |
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Melvin Thomas Runnels (January 28, 1934 – April 7, 2012[1]) was an American football halfback in the National Football League 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[]
- ^ a b "Melvin Thomas "Tommy" Runnels (Obituary)". Hood County News. April 13, 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
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Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Fort Worth, Texas
- American football halfbacks
- North Texas Mean Green football players
- Washington Redskins players
- People from Granbury, Texas
- American football running back, 1930s birth stubs