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Tom Adams

  • Class
  • Induction
    1997
  • Sport(s)
    Football

Football Offensive End (1960-61)
Basketball Forward (1958-62)

Was a member of five Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basketball and football championship clubs ... established a Minnesota-Duluth single-season mark for rebounds with 367 in 1961-62 ... selected to the 1961 All-MIAC football team as well as the 1960-61 and 1961-62 All-MIAC basketball honor groups ... paced Minnesota-Duluth in pass receptions in 1961 and averaged 25.6 yards per catch as a collegian ... received Minnesota-Duluth's Top Scholar-Athlete Award for 1961-62 ... played one season (1962) with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ... launched a distinguished two-plus decade coaching career (football, basketball, track and baseball) in 1963 with stops at Duluth Cathedral High School (1963-67) and Greenway High School (1967-present) ... earned a Bachelor of Science degrees in physical education and biology from Minnesota-Duluth in 1962.

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