PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Gomer Jones
rdfs:comment
  • Jones was one of the outstanding college football players in the 1930s. From 1933 to 1935, he played at Ohio State University as a center on offense and a linebacker on defense. Jones was the anchor of the Buckeyes' offensive line, and was named team MVP following the 1934 and 1935 seasons. In 1935, he was named team captain and was a consensus All-American. Jones was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the second round of the 1936 NFL Draft as the 15th player selected overall, but chose instead to pursue a career in coaching. While at Ohio State, he was a member of the Alpha Rho Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
owl:sameAs
bowloutcome
  • L
confstanding
  • 2
  • 5
CFbDWID
  • 1208
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dbkwik:americanfootballdatabase/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
CFBHOF year
  • 1978
Poll
  • no
EndYear
  • 1965
Birth Date
  • 1914-02-26
player years
  • 1933
death place
Legend
  • no
admin teams
overall record
  • 9
Name
Type
  • coach
bowl record
  • 0
Sport
CFBHOF id
  • 30063
Caption
  • Jones in November 1929
Conference
  • 3
  • 5
Ranking
  • no
Alternative Names
  • Jones, Gomer Thomas
Overall
  • 3
  • 6
  • 9
Date of Death
  • 1971-03-21
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1936
  • 1941
  • 1947
  • 1964
Title
conf
StartYear
  • 1964
death date
  • 1971-03-21
Place of Birth
  • Cleveland, Ohio
coach teams
Place of death
  • New York, New York
Before
  • Mickey Vuchinich
  • Regis Monahan
Years
  • 1935
  • 19341935
After
  • Merle Wendt
  • Ralph Wolf
ConfRecord
  • 8
ID
  • 30063
  • 428159
bowlname
bcs
  • no
admin years
  • 1964
Date of Birth
  • 1914-02-26
Short Description
  • American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
player positions
Year
  • 1964
  • 1965
abstract
  • Jones was one of the outstanding college football players in the 1930s. From 1933 to 1935, he played at Ohio State University as a center on offense and a linebacker on defense. Jones was the anchor of the Buckeyes' offensive line, and was named team MVP following the 1934 and 1935 seasons. In 1935, he was named team captain and was a consensus All-American. Jones was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the second round of the 1936 NFL Draft as the 15th player selected overall, but chose instead to pursue a career in coaching. While at Ohio State, he was a member of the Alpha Rho Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
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