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Thomas Dudley Harmon (September 28, 1919 – March 15, 1990), nicknamed "Old 98", [1] was an American football player, military pilot, actor, and sports broadcaster. Harmon played college football as a halfback for the Michigan Wolverines from 1938 to 1940.
Actor: All American. Tom Harmon was a legendary college football player who became a sportscaster and sired TV superstar Mark Harmon (who also played college football at UCLA). Thomas Dudley Harmon was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, to Rose Marie (Quinn) and Louis Amiel Harmon, a real estate agent.
Jul 1, 2024 · Tom Harmon (born Sept. 28, 1919, Rensselaer, Ind., U.S.—died March 15, 1990, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American football player, a Heisman Trophy winner, who was one of the greatest tailbacks in collegiate football history.
Tom Harmon was a legendary college football player who became a sportscaster and sired TV superstar Mark Harmon (who also played college football at UCLA). Thomas Dudley Harmon was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, to Rose Marie (Quinn) and Louis Amiel Harmon, a real estate agent.
Mar 17, 1990 · Tom Harmon, an all-America tailback at the University of Michigan who won the Heisman Trophy a half century ago, died of a heart attack late Thursday in Los Angeles soon after completing a...
Tom Harmon. RB | Senior | University of Michigan. Harmon is the first Michigan player to win the Heisman and the first of six players to also finish as runner up in the Heisman vote. Born in Rensselaer, Indiana, Harmon was an outstanding athlete at Horace Mann High.
Aug 31, 2021 · Lieutenant Tom Harmon, one of the greatest players in Michigan football history, was engulfed by fire. Flames licked around the interior of his P-38 Lightning as the six-foot footballer, jammed in the cockpit of his fighter plane, desperately tried to stamp out the conflagration.
Dec 6, 2015 · Twice an All-State quarterback, he was America"™s leading high school scorer as a senior in 1936, captain of the basketball team, baseball pitcher with three no-hitters and state...
Tom Harmon, an American football star turned pilot, was one of many men who answered the Country's call and had a story to tell. At the time, Harmon was a football royalty. He experienced, on the football field and in the air, the thrill of victory and the lasting pain of defeat.
In a glittering college football career he played halfback for the University of Michigan 1938-1940 leading the nation in scoring and as a consensus All-American in 1939 and 1940 he won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award in 1940.