Stumpy Thomason

Stumpy Thomason
Career information
Thomason at Tech c. 1927
Date of birth	(1906-02-24)February 24, 1906
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia
Date of death	April 30, 1989(1989-04-30) (aged 83)
Position(s)	Quarterback
College	Georgia Tech
Career history
As player
1930–1935	Brooklyn Dodgers
1935–1936	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
Championships 1 National (1928) 2 Southern (1927, 1928) Honors 2x All-Southern (1927, 1929) Tech All-Era Team (William Alexander Era)

John Griffin "Stumpy" Thomason (February 24, 1906 – April 30, 1989) was a professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles.^[1] He played college football for the 1928 national champion Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, in the backfield with Warner Mizell. Thomason was All-Southern in 1927.^[2]

References

Stumpy Thomason – awards and honors

1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football—national champions

5 Tom Jones 10 Raleigh Drennon 15 Peter Pund 38 Vance Maree 48 Frank Speer 59 Father Lumpkin 67 Warner Mizell 70 Frank Waddey 71 Stumpy Thomason Head coach William Alexander Assistant coaches Bill Fincher Don Miller Mack Tharpe

1927 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield	QB Bill Spears HB Stumpy Thomason HB Dick Dodson FB Herdis McCrary

Line	E Tom Nash E Ivey Shiver T Fred Pickhard T Jess Tinsley G John Barnhill G Gene Smith C Elvin Butcher

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