| Jim Thomas | |
| Number: | 41 |
| Position: | Guard |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Oilton, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Death Date: | June 4, 1981 (age 64) |
| Death Place: | Florence, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lbs: | 200 |
| High School: | Oilton (OK) |
| College: | Oklahoma |
| Draftyear: | 1939 |
| Draftround: | 12 |
| Draftpick: | 102 |
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| Pfr: | ThomJi20 |
James F. Thomas (May 6, 1917 - June 4, 1981) was an American football guard.
Thomas was born in 1917 at Oilton, Oklahoma. He attended Oilton High School.[1]
Thomas attended the University of Oklahoma and played for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1935 to 1938.[1] He was a member of the 1938 Oklahoma Sooners football team that compiled a 10–1 record and was ranked No. 4 in the final Associated Press poll. He was known as "Singer" Thomas at Oklahoma because of his constant singing in the shower room.[2]
He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals with the 102nd pick in the 1939 NFL draft.[3] He appeared in 13 games for the Cardinals during the 1939 and 1940 seasons.[4]
Thomas was also an opera singer who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for a year. He served in the Army during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant and serving in the field artillery under General George Patton. He was a school teacher in Florence, South Carolina, starting in 1966. He died of an apparent heart attack in 1981 in Florence.[5]