Art Thoms


Arthur William Thoms is a former collegiate and professional American football defensive tackle who played nine seasons in the American Football League and the National Football League.
Thoms played high school football at Brick Township High School in Brick Township, New Jersey, after transferring from Wayne Valley High School in Wayne, New Jersey, where he played for two seasons. From there he spent one year in the Hargrave Military Academy, which is where Syracuse Football found him and offered him a full scholarship.
Thoms was taken in the 1969 Common Draft by the American Football League's Oakland Raiders. He played one year for the AFL's Raiders, then seven for them in the NFL, and one year with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.
Member of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI Team in 1976.
In 2002, he was inducted into the All-Millenium Team at Syracuse.
Current girls basketball coach at Campolindo High School