(1962-10-07) October 7, 1962 (age 61) Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:
Grand Island Senior
College:
Nebraska
NFL draft:
1986 / Round: 3 / Pick: 56
Career history
As a player:
San Francisco 49ers (1986–1993)
Los Angeles Raiders (1994)
As a coach:
San Francisco 49ers (1997–2002) Running backs
Detroit Lions (2003–2005) Running backs
Oakland Raiders (2006–2008) Running backs
San Francisco 49ers (2009–2016) Running backs
Indianapolis Colts (2018–2020) Running backs
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XXIII, XXIV)
San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame
Third-team All-American (1985)
Career NFL statistics
Games:
131
Games started:
107
Rushing yards:
2,020
Average:
3.7
Touchdowns:
26
Player stats at PFR
Thomas Dean Rathman (born October 7, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Following his playing career, he became a coach in 1995 and coached the 49ers' running backs through the 2016 season, and was later inducted into the 49ers' hall of fame.
Rathman was a three-sport star at Grand Island Senior High in central Nebraska. In addition to a state Hall of Fame career as a fullback for the Islanders football team, Rathman won a state championship in the high jump in 1980 during his junior year.
Thomas Dean Rathman (born October 7, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles...
Tight end Brent Jones recorded 40 receptions for 500 yards. Fullback TomRathman had the best season of his career, rushing for 305 yards and catching...
touchdowns, earning him the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award. Fullback TomRathman also made a big impact, rushing for 427 yards and catching 42 passes...
California. 1988 Team Starters Offense 16 Joe Montana QB 33 Roger Craig RB 44 TomRathman FB 85 Mike Wilson WR 80 Jerry Rice WR 89 John Frank TE 74 Steve Wallace...
most notably Jim Plunkett, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Michael Crabtree, TomRathman, and Charlie Garner. On August 20, 2011, in the third week of the pre-season...
league. No 49er exceeded 500 yards rushing for the entire year. Fullback TomRathman scored the most touchdowns (7) on the ground while gaining 318 yards...
close in the 2nd quarter, as Steve Young tossed a touchdown pass to TomRathman to tie the game at 7. But the Cowboys exploded with 21 consecutive points...
position coaches from the previous season, only running backs coach TomRathman, defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, and offensive line coach Mike Solari...
entered the 2009 season under the guidance of new running back coach TomRathman. He was also complemented by a new second-string back, 49ers' third-round...
Tight end Brent Jones recorded 40 receptions for 500 yards. Fullback TomRathman had the best season of his career, rushing for 305 yards and catching...
Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
Lawrence Taylor fought through two blocks by 49ers' TE Brent Jones and RB TomRathman to get to the spot along the line of scrimmage where Craig was located...
beat two successive blocks by 49ers tight end Brent Jones and fullback TomRathman to get into the 49ers offensive backfield to be in position to recover...
Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska...
aided by a roughing the passer penalty and a 17-yard screen pass to TomRathman on 3rd-and-10, marched 73 yards from their own 3-yard line to the Bengals...
was the first Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 to not feature Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, or Peyton Manning. This tradition would hold until...
in 1988 he was named Offensive Player of the Year. Craig and fullback TomRathman, another former Cornhusker, played five seasons together on a high-powered...
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