1. Gomer Thomas Jones was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
10 Facts About Gomer Jones
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Gomer Jones played college football as a center at Ohio State University from 1933 to 1935.
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Gomer Jones was the athletic director at Oklahoma from 1964 until his death in 1971.
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Gomer Jones was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1978.
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Gomer Jones was one of the outstanding college football players in the 1930s.
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Gomer Jones was the anchor of the Buckeyes' offensive line, and was named team MVP following the 1934 and 1935 seasons.
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Gomer Jones was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the second round of the 1936 NFL draft as the 15th player selected overall, but chose instead to pursue a career in coaching.
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Gomer Jones served as an assistant to Ohio State head coach Francis Schmidt from 1936 until Schmidt resigned following the 1940 season.
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Gomer Jones's greatest coaching success came as Bud Wilkinson's top assistant at the University of Oklahoma for 17 years, developing 16 All-American linemen as line coach and the architect of Oklahoma's great lines.
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Gomer Jones was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978 as a player.