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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 professional 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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