Thomas Coster Scott (September 3, 1930 – August 31, 2015) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, ...
and
defensive end
Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football.
This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is ...
in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL) for the
Philadelphia Eagles
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and the
New York Giants. He played
college football at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
, where he was an
All-American as an
offensive and
defensive end
Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football.
This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is ...
. He was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Scott was also an elite
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...
player and was Virginia's first two-sport All-American.
[ He was also on the U.Va. baseball and basketball squads.][
Scott died on August 31, 2015.]
References
1930 births
2015 deaths
American football defensive ends
American football linebackers
New York Giants players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Virginia Cavaliers football players
Virginia Cavaliers baseball players
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball players
Virginia Cavaliers men's lacrosse players
Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Sportspeople from Towson, Maryland
Players of American football from Baltimore
Baseball players from Baltimore County, Maryland
American men's basketball players
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