Bobby Thomason

Bobby Thomason
No. 47, 28, 11
	Thomason on a 1953 Bowman football card
Date of birth	March 26, 1928
Place of birth	Albertville, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death	November 5, 2013 (aged 85)
Place of death	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
US college	VMI
NFL draft	1949 / round: 1 / pick: 7
Drafted by	Los Angeles Rams
Career history
As player
1949–1950	Los Angeles Rams
1951	Green Bay Packers
1952–1957	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
	Second-team All-Pro (1953); 3× Pro Bowl (1953, 1955, 1956); NFL completion percentage leader (1951); 3× Second-team All-SoCon (1945, 1946, 1948);
Career stats
Pass completions	687
Pass attempts	1,346
TD–INT	68-90
Passing yards	9,480
Passer rating	62.9
	Playing stats at NFL.com; Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

Robert Lee Thomason (March 26, 1928 – November 5, 2013) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected to three Pro Bowls. Thomason played college football at Virginia Military Institute and was drafted in the first round of the 1949 NFL draft.

Thomason married Jean Pierce in 1951. They had one daughter. Both survived him, as, in 2013, he died of heart failure at the age of 85.^[1]

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