Tom Fears
Thomas Jesse Fears
Born: December 3, 1923
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: January 4, 2000
Palm Desert, CA
Position: E
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 216
College: Santa Clara, UCLA
High School: Manual Arts (Los Angeles, CA)
Career: 1948-1956
Drafted: 1945 in Round 11, #103 overall by the Cleveland Rams
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970
Coaching record
Tom Fears played from 1948 to 1956 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams. Fears caught 400 passes for 5,397 yards and 38 receiving touchdowns in his career. He also ran for 15 yards in his career on 5 attempts.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 51 | 698 | 13.7 | 80 | 4 |
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 77 | 1013 | 13.2 | 51 | 9 |
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 84 | 1116 | 13.3 | 53 | 7 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 32 | 528 | 16.5 | 54 | 3 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 48 | 600 | 12.5 | 36 | 6 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 23 | 278 | 12.1 | 31 | 4 |
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 36 | 546 | 15.2 | 43 | 3 |
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 44 | 569 | 12.9 | 31 | 2 |
1956 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 400 | 5397 | 13.5 | 80 | 38 |
Kicking:
Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 6 | |||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 8 |
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 15 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||
1954 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
1955 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 1 |
1949 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 10 |
1950 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1951 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 0 |
1952 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1956 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1950s Team
Honors
1948 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1948 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1949 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1949 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1949 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1950 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1950 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1950 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1955 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)