Thomas Mitchell Boutwell (born December 31, 1946) is a former

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 with ...

wide receiver who played one season with the

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of the

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(AFL). He was drafted by the

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

in the thirteenth round of the

1969 NFL/AFL draft The 1969 National Football League draft was part of the common draft, the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League (AFL) held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place January 28–29, 1969. The draft beg ...

. He first enrolled at Perkinston Junior College before transferring to the

University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...

. Boutwell attended Hattiesburg High School in

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. He was also a member of the

Texarkana Titans The Texarkana Titans were a professional American football team based in Texarkana, Texas. They began play in 1967 as a member of the Southern Football League and by 1968 joined the Texas Football League (TFL), and became a member of the Continenta ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boutwell, Tommy Living people 1946 births Players of American football from Ohio American football wide receivers American football quarterbacks Southern Miss Golden Eagles football players Miami Dolphins players People from Bluffton, Ohio American Football League players