Thomas Lee Mack was born on November 1,1943 and is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League.
20 Facts About Tom Mack
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Tom Mack was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Tom Mack was a starter on the 1964 Michigan team that won the Big Ten Conference championship and defeated Oregon State in the 1965 Rose Bowl.
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Tom Mack was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player in 1965 and was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 2006.
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Tom Mack was selected by the Rams with the second pick in the 1966 NFL Draft and played at the left guard position for the Rams for 13 seasons from 1966 to 1978.
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Tom Mack was born in 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Cleveland Heights High School.
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Tom Mack was the son of Ray Mack, a Cleveland native who played Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1938 to 1947, including eight seasons with the Cleveland Indians.
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Tom Mack became an Eagle Scout in 1960, and he later became a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
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Tom Mack enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1962 and played college football for Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1963 to 1965.
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Tom Mack was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 2006.
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Tom Mack was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round, as the second overall pick, in the 1966 NFL Draft.
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Tom Mack started nine games during the 1966 season and became a fixture for the Rams at the left guard position for the next 13 seasons.
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In 1974, the Rams lost to the Minnesota Vikings by four points in the 1974 NFC Championship Game, with a controversial penalty call against Tom Mack costing the Rams a touchdown.
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Tom Mack was selected to 11 Pro Bowls, the first coming after his second season in 1967.
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Tom Mack missed only one Pro Bowl appearance the rest of his career.
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Tom Mack was selected first-team All-Pro four times and second-team All-Pro four times.
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Tom Mack announced in late November 1978 that he would retire at the end of the 1978 NFL season.
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Tom Mack was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Tom Mack eventually became a lobbyist for Bechtel Group, Inc.
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Tom Mack has a daughter named Carrie who attended Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, MD.