Thomas Albert Witcher (born September 28, 1936) is a former American football linebacker who played one season with the Houston Oilers of the

American Football League The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...

(AFL). He was drafted by the

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in the thirteenth round of the

1959 NFL Draft The 1959 National Football League draft had its first four rounds held on December 1, 1958, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 21, 1959. Both sessions were held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. With the first overall pick in the dra ...

. He was also drafted by the

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in the

1960 AFL Draft The 1960 American Football League draft was held on November 23–24, 1959, in Minneapolis, shortly after the organization of the league, and lasted 33 rounds. An additional draft of 20 rounds was held by the AFL on December 2. Teams were requ ...

. Witcher played

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at Baylor University and attended

Lampasas High School Lampasas High School or LHS is a public high school located in the city of Lampasas, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Lampasas Independent School District locate ...

in Lampasas, Texas.

Professional career

Witcher was selected by the

with the 152nd pick in the

. He was also selected by the

in the

. He played in fourteen games for the Houston Oilers of the AFL in 1960.

Personal life

Witcher retired from professional football to attend law school. He then became a lawyer in Texas.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Witcher, Al Living people 1936 births Players of American football from Texas American football linebackers Baylor Bears football players Houston Oilers players 20th-century American lawyers Texas lawyers People from Burnet County, Texas American Football League players