Clendon Thomas
Bobby Clendon Thomas
Born: December 28, 1935
Oklahoma City, OK USA
Position: DB-E-FL-HB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 196
College: Oklahoma
High School: Southeast (Oklahoma City, OK)
Career: 1958-1968
Drafted: 1958 in Round 2, #19 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Clendon Thomas played from 1958 to 1968 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers. Thomas ran for 70 yards in his career on 18 attempts, scoring 0 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 60 passes for 1,046 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 33 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 33 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 275 | 16.2 | 58 | 2 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 334 | 19.6 | 49 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 25 | 431 | 17.2 | 80 | 1 |
| Totals | 60 | 1046 | 17.4 | 80 | 4 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 |
| Totals | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 34 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 73 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 48 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 286 | 23.8 | 41 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 552 | 25.1 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 32 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 33 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 244 | 9.0 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1960 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1964 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1962 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1963 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1966 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
