Date of birth | October 30, 1922 |
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Date of death | June 20, 2009 | (aged 86)
Place of death | Harris County, Texas, U.S. |
Career information | |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | LB |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 230 lb (100 kg) |
US college | Pennsylvania |
Career history | |
As player | |
1948 | Hawaiian Warriors (PCFL) |
1950 | Edmonton 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]