Tom Cleary
Born:(1922-10-30)October 30, 1922
Died:June 20, 2009(2009-06-20) (aged 86)
Harris County, Texas, U.S.
Career information
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)LB
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight230 lb (100 kg)
CollegePennsylvania
Career history
As player
1948Hawaiian Warriors (PCFL)
1950Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)

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]

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

  • ^[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

  1. ↑ "Marine's Letter Brings War Close". Oakland Tribune. January 29, 1943. p. 13. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Tom Cleary Statistics on JustSportsStats.com". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  3. ↑ Winnipeg Free Press, Monday, February 27, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  4. ↑ "22 Sep 1949, Page 20 - The Winnipeg Tribune at Newspapers.com". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  5. ↑ "Former St. Mary's Back, Cpl. Cleary, Bougainville Hero". Oakland Tribune. October 13, 1944. p. 25. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Oaklander Wins Marine Corps Badge of Honor". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. May 27, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Survivor Tells Story of Carlson's Raiders". The Calgary Herald. November 30, 1949. p. 29. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Eskimos Acquire First Import As Tom Cleary Signs Contract". The Edmonton Journal. p. 12. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Isabel CLEARY Obituary - Calgary, AB | Calgary Herald". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  10. ↑ "One Got Away". Bonita Gilbert. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
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