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Thomas Dudley Harmon (September 28, 1919 – March 15, 1990), nicknamed "Old 98", 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.
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.
Mar 16, 1990 · Tom Harmon, Old 98, died Thursday of a heart attack shortly after playing 18 holes of golf at the Bel-Air Country Club. Harmon, 70, won a tournament with Dr. David Boska as his partner earlier...
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.
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.
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 · Most of the fans knew enough to look for Tom Harmon, No. 98, among the Wolverine players. The Michigan senior was coming off an All-American season the previous year, and his fame had followed...
Tom Harmon of Michigan reeled off a succession of big plays in his career. In 1939 he went 95 yards with an intercepted pass against Iowa, scored on Pennsylvania with runs of 65 and 35 yards, and made all his team's points in a 27-7 victory over Yale.
Harmon grew up in Gary, Indiana, and played college football at the halfback position for the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940. He led the nation in scoring and was a consensus All-American in both 1939 and 1940. He won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award in 1940.
Feb 6, 2011 · Tom Harmon was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 and became a charter member of Michigan?s Hall of Honor in 1978. He was 70 when he died of a heart attack in...
