(1943-09-20)September 20, 1943 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Died:
December 13, 2017(2017-12-13) (aged 74) Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:
240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:
Thomas Jefferson (San Antonio, Texas)
College:
Texas (1963–1965)
NFL draft:
1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
AFL draft:
1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
Atlanta Falcons (1966–1976)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pro (1967)
Second-team All-Pro (1968)
5× Pro Bowl (1966–1968, 1970, 1972)
NFL Rookie of the Year (1966)
NFL 1960s All-Decade Team
Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor
National champion (1963)
Maxwell Award (1965)
Outland Trophy (1965)
Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy (1965)
Consensus All-American (1965)
First-team All-American (1964)
3× First-team All-SWC (1963–1965[a])
Texas Longhorns No. 60 retired
Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:
1,688
Interceptions:
12
Interception yards:
182
Fumble recoveries:
13
Sacks:
9.5
Defensive touchdowns:
2
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Thomas Henry Nobis Jr. (September 20, 1943 – December 13, 2017), nicknamed "Mr. Falcon", was an American football linebacker who played for 11 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).[1] He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, where he played as a linebacker and guard, and won the Maxwell Award in 1965. He was the first overall selection in the 1966 NFL draft.
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the first five rounds. They selected consensus All-American linebacker TommyNobis from the University of Texas, making him the first-ever Falcon. The league...
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1963 Roger Staubach Navy (4) 1964 Glenn Ressler Penn State (2) 1965 TommyNobis Texas 1966 Jim Lynch Notre Dame (4) 1967 Gary Beban UCLA 1968 O. J. Simpson...
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of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWC. TommyNobis was in his final year at Texas and was known an iron man, playing (and...
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Falcons, he suffered a separated right shoulder after being tackled by TommyNobis. In the next contest against the Philadelphia Eagles, he set club records...
a victory over Alabama in the Orange Bowl. In the 1965 Orange Bowl, TommyNobis made one of the most famous tackles in the game's history. On fourth-and-inches...
Cotton Bowl Classic. The Longhorns won their first national championship. TommyNobis was the only sophomore starter, and was an important participant on the...
20, 1966, defeating the New York Giants, 27 to 16, at Yankee Stadium. TommyNobis, first draft pick and coached by Carpenter was voted to the Pro Bowl...
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Firebirds, Fireballs, and Thunderbirds." Rankin M. Smith Sr. would draft TommyNobis, LB, University of Texas with the first pick of the 1966 NFL Draft held...
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