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Aug 9, 2021 · Flores has been a part of all three of the Silver and Black’s Super Bowl victories, one as an assistant coach and two as the main man in charge. Yet somehow he was passed up by the Hall of...
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Thomas Raymond “Tom” Flores was born in Sanger, CA on March 21, 1937. According to Flores’ Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement speechin 2021, his father left Mexico as a 12-year-old boy and crossed north of the border to California’s Central Valley. He eventually became a sharecropper to help make ends meet. Tom Flores told Pacific.edu in 2021th...
Tom Flores had a rough start to his pro football career. He couldn’t find any takers after he graduated from the College of the Pacific in 1958. The Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Calgary Stampeders released him that same year. Flores returned to the States where he played for a semi-pro football squad called the Bakersfield Spoilers. Flores trie...
After Tom Flores hung up his cleats and earned a Super Bowl ring following the 1969 AFL season, he went on a two-year hiatus from the gridiron. According to Pacific.edu, Flores missed the game quite a lot during his time away from the football field. Flores promptly began his NFL coaching career in 1971 when the Buffalo Bills hired him to become th...
Tom Flores and his wife Barbara have been married for 61 years. They have two sons, Mark and Scott, and a daughter, Kim. The couple has five grandchildren: Brian, Kevin, Jillian, Megan, and Jacob. Flores worked as a color commentator for the Raiders Radio Networkfrom 1997 to 2018. Tom Flores became a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the s...
Sep 26, 2021 · Sunday's halftime was a Silver and Black celebration, as Raiders alumni gathered on the field to celebrate recent Hall of Fame enshrinee Tom Flores.
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Feb 6, 2021 · With his selection into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, take a look back at photos of Raiders legend Tom Flores' historic career with the Silver and Black. 1 / 30. Tom Flores joined...
Sep 23, 2021 · Tom Flores appeared in 84 games with 64 starts for the Silver and Black, passing for 11,635 yards and 92 touchdowns. He joined the Raiders coaching staff in 1972 as a wide receivers coach...
Jul 16, 2021 · Flores told Silver and Black Pride that he will be presented into the Canton, Ohio, museum on Aug. 8 by Carol Davis, the widow of legendary Raiders’ owner Al Davis and the mother of current...
Thomas Raymond Flores (born March 21, 1937) is an American former professional football player in the American Football League (AFL) and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a quarterback for nine seasons in the AFL, primarily with the Oakland Raiders.
