Tom Feamster

Tom Feamster
No. 79
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born:(1930-10-23)October 23, 1930
Warwick, Virginia, U.S.
Died:June 9, 2020(2020-06-09) (aged 89)
Hazard, Kentucky, U.S.
Height:6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight:260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school:Warwick
(Newport News, Virginia)
College:William & Mary / Florida State
NFL draft:1955 / round: 4 / pick: 40
(by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:12
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Thomas Otey Feamster (October 23, 1930 – June 9, 2020[2]) was a professional American football player for the National Football League (NFL)'s Baltimore Colts. He played in twelve games in the 1956 season after his collegiate career at William & Mary and then Florida State.[3]

In 1969, Feamster entered a seminary and was later ordained an Episcopal priest. In 1979, he served as a minister to John Spenkelink prior to Spenkelink's execution.[4]

  1. ^ "1955 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Thomas Otey Feamster: October 23, 1930 - June 9, 2020". Maggard Funeral Homes. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Tom Feamster @ pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Von Drehle, David. Among the Lowest of the Dead: Inside Death Row. New York: Fawcett Crest (imprint of Ballantine Books), 1996. ISBN 0449225232 p. 77