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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 20, 1943 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | December 13, 2017 (aged 74) Marietta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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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- ^ "Tommy Nobis, Star Linebacker and the First Falcon, Dies at 74 (Published 2017)". December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2023.