John Thome (American football) explained

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Birth Date:8 January 1942
Birth Place:Port Washington, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1960–1963
Player Team2:Oshkosh State
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1960–1961
Player Team4:Oshkosh State
Player Years5:1962–1964
Player Team5:Oshkosh State
Player Sport6:Baseball
Player Years7:1961
Player Team7:Oshkosh State
Player Years8:1963–1964
Player Team8:Oshkosh State
Player Positions:Quarterback, fullback, halfback, defensive back (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1964
Coach Team2:Chilton HS (WI) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1965–1966
Coach Team3:Chilton HS (WI)
Coach Years4:1967–1980
Coach Team4:Lakeland
Coach Years5:1982–1983
Coach Team5:Illinois Benedictine (DC)
Coach Years6:1986–1993
Coach Team6:Howards Grove HS (WI) (assistant)
Coach Years7:1994
Coach Team7:Plymouth HS (WI) (assistant)
Coach Years8:1995
Coach Team8:Oostburg HS (WI)
Coach Years9:1996–1997
Coach Team9:Kiel HS (WI) (DC)
Coach Sport10:Basketball
Coach Years11:1964–1965
Coach Team11:Chilton HS (WI) (assistant)
Coach Years12:1965–1967
Coach Team12:Chilton HS (WI)
Coach Sport13:Baseball
Coach Years14:1972
Coach Team14:Lakeland
Coach Years15:1977–1980
Coach Team15:Lakeland
Overall Record:77–54–2 (college football)
Championships:Football
6 Gateway (1967–1971, 1974)
1 IBFC (1979)
Awards:Football
IBFC Coach of the Year (1979)

John D. Thome (January 8, 1942 – November 4, 2011) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Lakeland College—known now as Lakeland University—in Plymouth, Wisconsin from 1967 to 1980, compiling a record of 77–54–2. Thome was also the head baseball coach at Lakeland in 1972 and from 1977 to 1980.

Thome was born on January 8, 1942, in Port Washington, Wisconsin, to Rosalia Horn Thome and Wilfred N. Thome. He graduated from Port Washington High School in 1960 and attended Oshkosh State College—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh—where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. Thomas played football for years at Oshkosh State at a number of positions: quarterback, fullback, halfback, and defensive back. He began his coaching career at Chilton High School in Chilton, Wisconsin in 1964.[1] After a year as an assistant in football and basketball, he was promoted to head coach in both sports.[2] Thomas led Chilton's football team to a record of 15–1–1 in two seasons as head coach before he was hired as the head football coach at Lakeland in April 1967.[3]

Thome was named the Illini–Badger Football Conference (IBFC) Coach of the Year in 1979. He resigned from his post at Lakeland in the spring of 1981.[4] In 1982, Thome was hired as the defensive coordinator at Illinois Benedictine College—now known as Benedictine University—in Lisle, Illinois.[5]

Thome was inducted into the Lakeland College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Hall of Fame in 2001.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Thome died on November 4, 2011, at Zilber Family Hospice in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.[10]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: Brooks . Tiger . OSC's John Tome To Coach At Chilton . . . May 10, 1964 . 4 . November 24, 2020 . .
  2. News: . John Thome Named Mentor At Chilton . . . August 18, 1965 . 39 . November 24, 2020 . .
  3. News: . John Thome New Lakeland Grid Coach . . . . April 8, 1967 . 12 . November 24, 2020 . .
  4. News: . Lakeland coach resigns . . . . March 24, 1981 . 18 . November 24, 2020 . .
  5. News: . Ex-Lakeland Coach Thome To Benedictine . . . August 26, 1982 . 28 . November 24, 2020 . .
  6. News: Lubach . David . Lakeland honors Thome . . . October 19, 1997 . B1 . November 24, 2020 . .
  7. News: Lubach . David . Thome/Coach inducted into Hall of Fame (continued) . . . October 19, 1997 . B7 . November 24, 2020 . .
  8. News: Thompson . C. Adam . Longtime football coach Thome to be inducted into WFCA's hall of fame . . . March 23, 2001 . B1 . November 24, 2020 . .
  9. News: Thompson . C. Adam . Thome/Football coach be inducted into WFCA Hall of Fame (continued) . . . March 23, 2001 . B2 . November 24, 2020 . .
  10. News: . John Thome . . . November 6, 2011 . November 24, 2020 . .