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Tom Farris

No. 36

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Born:

September 16, 1920
Casper, Wyoming, U.S.

Died:

November 16, 2002 (aged 82)
Citrus Heights, California, U.S.

Career information

College:

Wisconsin

NFL draft:

1942 / Round: 11 / Pick: 99

Career history

Chicago Bears (1946–1947)
Chicago Rockets (1948)

Career highlights and awards

NFL champion (1946)
Second-team All-Big Ten (1941)

Career NFL statistics

TD-INT:	1-2
Passing yards:	108
Passer rating:	28.9

Thomas George Farris (September 16, 1920 – November 16, 2002) was an American football quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears (1946–1947) in National Football League (NFL) the Chicago Rockets (1948) in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

After playing college football at the University of Wisconsin, Farris was an 11th round selection (99th overall pick) of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. But before training camp, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard to serve in World War II. He played 33 regular season games over 3 seasons. In 1946, which was his best season, he had 1 passing touchdown, 2 pass interceptions, 1 reception and 16 receiving yards.

External links[edit]

Fantasy Football Challenge
Tom Farris. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks

Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921)

Pard Pearce (1920–1921)
Chuck Dressen (1920)
Jimmy Conzelman (1920)
Joey Sternaman (1922–1925, 1927–1929)
Johnny Bryan (1923)
Milton Romney (1926)
Paddy Driscoll (1926–1929)
Edward Sternaman (1927)
Carl Brumbaugh (1930–1936)
Keith Molesworth (1932–1936)
Bernie Masterson (1935–1940)
Ray Buivid (1937–1938)
Gene Ronzani (1937–1938, 1944–1945)
Sid Luckman (1939–1949)
Charlie O'Rourke (1942)
Bob Snyder (1943)
Johnny Long (1944)
Al Grygo (1945)
Tom Farris (1946)
Noah Mullins (1946–1948)
Mike Jarmoluk (1947)
Mike Holovak (1947)
Ed Sprinkle (1948)
Dick Flanagan (1948)
Johnny Lujack (1949–1951)
George Blanda (1949, 1952–1954)
Bob Perina (1949)
Steve Romanik (1951–1952)
Bob Williams (1952)
Zeke Bratkowski (1954, 1957–1960)
Ed Brown (1955–1961)
Bill Wade (1961–1965)
Rudy Bukich (1964–1966)
Jack Concannon (1967–1971)
Larry Rakestraw (1967–1968)
Virgil Carter (1968–1969)
Bobby Douglass (1969–1975)
Kent Nix (1971)
Gary Huff (1973–1975)
Bob Avellini (1975–1979, 1982, 1984)
Mike Phipps (1978–1980)
Vince Evans (1979–1981, 1983)
Jim McMahon (1982–1988)
Steve Fuller (1984–1986)
Rusty Lisch (1984)
Greg Landry (1984)
Mike Tomczak (1986–1990)
Doug Flutie (1986)
Mike Hohensee (1987)
Steve Bradley (1987)
Jim Harbaugh (1988–1993)
Peter Tom Willis (1992–1993)
Will Furrer (1992)
Steve Walsh (1994)
Erik Kramer (1994–1998)
Dave Krieg (1996)
Rick Mirer (1997)
Steve Stenstrom (1998)
Moses Moreno (1998)
Shane Matthews (1999–2000)
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Jim Miller (1999–2002)
Chris Chandler (2002–2003)
Henry Burris (2002)
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Rex Grossman (2003–2008)
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Green Bay Packers 1942 NFL draft selections

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