Hall of Fame
The night before Tom was to leave for band camp, Bro. Ken Sommers called him to ask him to try out for the freshman team. To his mother's dismay, he skipped camp. He wont on to make the varsity squad as a sophomore, and started for the 1953 and 1954 Lion teams that went 18-1-0 (losing only to Benedictine by a 7-6 score) and won a city championship with a Charity Game victory over Holy Name at Municipal Stadium in 1954.
The smallest member of the offensive line was a fierce competitor who distinguished himself against much larger opponents with both physical and cerebral instinct. Latin teammates, a full dozen of whom are already in the Hall of Fame, say Tom was a vital cog who huddled the team, read the defenses and sorted our blocking assignments before each play. He was named All-Catholic (Universe Bulletin) his senior year.
He won a football scholarship to the University of Miami of Ohio, where he played one year for Coach Ara Parseghian. He transferred to John Carroll University where he played for Coach Herb Eisele. He graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1963.
