Thomas Leo Cleary[1] (October 30, 1922 – June 20, 2009) was a Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos[2] He was a former Washington Redskins tackle. He also played for the Hawaiian Warriors of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League and won an award for the most outstanding lineman.[3][4]
| Date of birth | October 30, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Date of death | June 20, 2009 (aged 86) |
| Place of death | Harris County, Texas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | LB |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight | 230 lb (100 kg) |
| US college | Pennsylvania |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1948 | Hawaiian Warriors (PCFL) |
| 1950 | Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) |
Cleary was from Oakland, California and attended Roosevelt High School there and later Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California where he played college football.[5][n1] He was a veteran of World War II with the United States Marine Corps,[6] having served in the Marine Raiders battalion commanded by Evans Carlson and reaching the rank of captain.[7][8] Cleary married Isabel Lloyd, who was from Alberta.[9] He died in 2009.[10]
Notes edit
- ^[n1] Though Canadian newspapers state that Cleary played at the University of Pennsylvania in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945 and 1946,[8][7] there is no record of any Thomas Cleary having attended or played football for these purported years.
References edit
- ^ "Marine's Letter Brings War Close". Oakland Tribune. January 29, 1943. p. 13. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Tom Cleary Statistics on JustSportsStats.com". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, Monday, February 27, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- ^ "22 Sep 1949, Page 20 - The Winnipeg Tribune at Newspapers.com". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "Former St. Mary's Back, Cpl. Cleary, Bougainville Hero". Oakland Tribune. October 13, 1944. p. 25. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Oaklander Wins Marine Corps Badge of Honor". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. May 27, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Survivor Tells Story of Carlson's Raiders". The Calgary Herald. November 30, 1949. p. 29. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Eskimos Acquire First Import As Tom Cleary Signs Contract". The Edmonton Journal. p. 12. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Isabel CLEARY Obituary - Calgary, AB | Calgary Herald". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ^ "One Got Away". Bonita Gilbert. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
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