Thomas Leonard Shaw (December 11, 1928 - December 23, 2017) was an

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quarterback.

Football career

Shaw was born in

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, where, as a high school football quarterback, he led Grant High School to back-to-back state football championships in 1946 and 1947. Shaw also played basketball and baseball for Grant and was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame in 2005. Shaw played college baseball and football for

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, and was the starting quarterback for the 1948 season. Shaw was the backup to

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for the 1949 and 1950 seasons. (Kerkorian, in turn, would become the backup to Shaw's younger brother

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for the

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in 1955.)

References

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