Tom Dickinson | |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1897 |
Databasefootball: | DICKITOM01 |
Playing Years1: | 1920 |
Thomas Passmore Dickinson (July 20, 1897 – October 29, 1999) was a professional American football player who played three games as an end for the Detroit Heralds of the National Football League (NFL) during their 1920 season.[1] He was an alumnus of Syracuse University and enlisted to fight World War I prior to his professional career, although he never made it overseas. He later served in World War II and the Korean War, retiring from the armed forces as a lieutenant colonel in 1955. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he died in Brown County, Ohio at the age of 102