John Griffin "Stumpy" Thomason (February 24, 1906 – April 30, 1989) was a professional
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 ...
player who played
running back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball,
and block. Ther ...
for seven seasons for the
Brooklyn Dodgers and
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play ...
. He played
college football for the
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...
national champion
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, in the backfield with
Warner Mizell. Thomason was
All-Southern in 1927.
References
External links
Stumpy Thomason's obituary*
1906 births
1989 deaths
Players of American football from Atlanta
American football running backs
Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
All-Southern college football players
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