RB Clendon Thomas to join College Football Hall of Fame
Former Oklahoma All-American running back Clendon Thomas will be named to the College Football Hall of Fame next week, Archie Manning, chairman of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, revealed Saturday night during his keynote address at the “Sooner Spectacular.”
Thomas was a key cog in OU’s back-to-back national championships in 1955 and 1956. He led the nation in scoring in 1956 and was a consensus All-American in 1957. Thomas was also a prolific defensive back.
He played 11 seasons in the NFL, four with the St. Louis Rams and seven with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
-JT
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Thomas was a pretty cool guy. He came to my highschool back in 1967 and helped coach us for one day. Everybody was impressed.
If you were privileged to see the ’56 Sooner team you were watching history. Just like the song written in ’78″More power than a Locomotive, Smoother than a brand new car, Everybody on the Sooner team is a Football Super-Star.” How many players today could play 4 years with a single bar face guard? That give real meaning to “Smash Mouth” football.
Clendon Thomas was a Southeast Spartan before he was a Sooner. Great athlete. His jersey and Don Trull’s were in the trophy case in the main hall of the school.
St. Louis Cardinals. Jake’s still a ‘young’un.