Running back, Oklahoma, 1954–56
Tommy McDonald
- Born
- Jul 26, 1934, in Roy, New Mexico
- Died
- Sep 24, 2018, in Audubon, Pennsylvania
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Tommy McDonald played running back at Oklahoma (1954–56). He won the 1956 Maxwell Award. He finished third in the 1956 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1956. The Philadelphia Eagles took McDonald in round 3, No. 31 overall in the 1957 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1985College Football Hall of Fame
- Inducted 1998Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1955, 1956First-team All-Big Seven
- 1956Maxwell Award
- 1956Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1956Consensus All‑American
- 1956Third in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1954, 1955 and 1956; National champions, 1955 and 1956
All-America: consensus 1956; AP first team 1955; INS second team 1955; NEA second team 1955; UP second team 1955; Central Press second team 1955
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 5 (1958–62) · First-team All-Pro: 1960 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1962
All-Pro teams: AP second team 1962; NEA first team 1960; NEA second team 1961; New York Daily News second team 1961; UPI second team 1961.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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