Tom Brosius Explained

Tom Brosius
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Full Name:Thomas Alan Brosius
Nickname:"Ferocious" Brosius
Birth Date:16 December 1949
Birth Place:Takoma Park, Maryland, United States
Death Place:Manhattan, Kansas
Alma Mater:Kansas State University
Spouse:Karen Brosius
Other Interests:Music, aviation
Sport:track and field, college football
Event:shot put, discus
Universityteam:Kansas State University
League:Big 8 Conference

Thomas Alan "Ferocious" Brosius (December 16, 1949 – January 11, 2019) was a track and field athlete. He was declared an "All-American" at Kansas State University in the shot put and discus events for the 1972 season,[1] and as of his death in 2019,[2] still holds the Maryland all class high school state record in the shot put at 64' 6 1/2" set May 25, 1968.[3] He also held the state discus record at 184' 10"[4] for 31 years until it was broken in 1999.[5]

After graduating from Springbrook High School in 1968, he went to Kansas State University on a football and track scholarship. As a college track and field athlete at Kansas State, he won the Big 8 Conference indoor shot put with a distance of 64 feet 3 1/2 inches, a throw that was the best in the nation at the college level that year.[6] Brosius competed in both the Shot Put and Discus at outdoor meets, winning the Big 8 Conference twice in the Shot Put and once in Discus.[7] While at Kansas State, he also played football for the Wildcats.

He later coached at Pleasanton High School, Pleasanton, Kansas, Concordia Junior-Senior High School and Cloud County Community College (where he was also a certified flight instructor) in Concordia, Kansas, and coached at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas[8] until his death on January 11, 2019.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Kansas State Track & Field Media Almanac (Men's All-Americans). Kansas State University Athletics. February 4, 2019. February 1, 2012. 99.
  2. Web site: Thomas (Tom) Alan Brosius (obituary). Concordia Blade-Empire. January 14, 2019. January 14, 2019.
  3. Web site: 2015 MPSSAA Spring Record Book. 60. Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association. 2011. February 1, 2016.
  4. Web site: Long, rare double record-setter Track and field: Oakland Mills' athlete broke shot-put and discus records on the same day this month and is the only male competitor to currently hold two marks. Baltimore Sun. April 24, 1998. July 16, 2011. Rick. Belz.
  5. Web site: Sprint wins sweep Wilde Lake boys past River Hill for title. Baltimore Sun. July 16, 2011. May 2, 1999. Rick. Belz.
  6. Web site: Rudy Second in Shot Put Despite Passing 'Barrier'. Lawrence Journal-World. August 29, 2013. Chuck. Woodling. March 3, 1973.
  7. Web site: Men's Outdoor Conference Team Finishes and Individual Champions. Kansas State Wildcats. August 29, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130512232328/http://www.kstatesports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/m-outdoor-conf-team-finishes-indiv-champions.html. May 12, 2013.
  8. Web site: Assistant Coach of the Year. July 16, 2011. Kansas Cross Country Track & Field Coaches Association.
  9. Web site: Thomas Brosius (obituary). Manhattan Mercury. January 12, 2019. January 12, 2019.