Tom Feamster Explained

Tom Feamster
Number:79
Position:Defensive end
Height Ft:6
Height In:7
Weight Lbs:260
Birth Date:23 October 1930
Birth Place:Warwick, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Hazard, Kentucky, U.S.
High School:Warwick
(Newport News, Virginia)
College:William & Mary / Florida State
Draftyear:1955
Draftround:4
Draftpick:40
(by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]
Teams:
Statlabel1:Games played
Statvalue1:12
Pfr:FeamTo20.htm

Thomas Otey Feamster (October 23, 1930 – June 9, 2020[2]) was a professional American football player for the National Football League (NFL)'s Baltimore Colts. He played in twelve games in the 1956 season after his collegiate career at William & Mary and then Florida State.[3]

In 1969, Feamster entered a seminary and was later ordained an Episcopal priest. In 1979, he served as a minister to John Spenkelink prior to Spenkelink's execution.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1955 Los Angeles Rams . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104211722/http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&lg=nfl&yr=1955 . databaseFootball.com . unfit . January 4, 2010 . July 17, 2020.
  2. Web site: Thomas Otey Feamster: October 23, 1930 - June 9, 2020 . Maggard Funeral Homes . 7 July 2021.
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FeamTo20.htm Tom Feamster
  4. Von Drehle, David. Among the Lowest of the Dead: Inside Death Row. New York: Fawcett Crest (imprint of Ballantine Books), 1996. p. 77