Tom Cleary

American gridiron football player (1922–2009)

Tom ClearyBorn:| (1922-10-30)October 30, 1922

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Died:| June 20, 2009(2009-06-20) (aged 86)
Harris County, Texas, U.S.
Career information
CFL status| American
Position(s)| LB
Height| 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight| 230 lb (100 kg)
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]

## Notes[edit]

* ^[n1] Though Canadian newspapers state that Cleary played at the University of Pennsylvania in 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945 and 1946,[8][7] there is no record of any Thomas Cleary having attended or played football for these purported years.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Marine's Letter Brings War Close". Oakland Tribune. January 29, 1943. p. 13. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
2. ^ "Tom Cleary Statistics on JustSportsStats.com". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
3. ^ Winnipeg Free Press, Monday, February 27, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4. ^ "22 Sep 1949, Page 20 - The Winnipeg Tribune at Newspapers.com". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
5. ^ "Former St. Mary's Back, Cpl. Cleary, Bougainville Hero". Oakland Tribune. October 13, 1944. p. 25. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
6. ^ "Oaklander Wins Marine Corps Badge of Honor". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. May 27, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
7. ^ a b "Survivor Tells Story of Carlson's Raiders". The Calgary Herald. November 30, 1949. p. 29. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
8. ^ a b "Eskimos Acquire First Import As Tom Cleary Signs Contract". The Edmonton Journal. p. 12. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
9. ^ "Isabel CLEARY Obituary - Calgary, AB | Calgary Herald". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
10. ^ "One Got Away". Bonita Gilbert. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-01-02.

## External links[edit]

* Tom Cleary at Find a Grave

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