:Rex Thomas

{{Short description|American football player (1902–1955)}}

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| name = Rex Thomas

| image = File:Rex Thomas-1926.png

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|4|16}}"Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B4-B7S6 : 16 August 2019), Rex Beauford Thomas, 14 Feb 1942; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, NAID 2169774. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.

| birth_place = McLoud, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|3|28|1902|4|16}}

| death_place = near Sterling, Colorado, U.S.

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| position1 = Wide receiver

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| college = University of Tulsa

| playing_years1 = 1926

| playing_team1 = Brooklyn Lions

| playing_years2 = 1927

| playing_team2 = Cleveland Bulldogs

| playing_years3 = 1928

| playing_team3 = Detroit Wolverines

| playing_years4 = 1930–1931

| playing_team4 = Brooklyn Dodgers

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Rex Beauford Thomas (April 16, 1902 – March 28, 1955) was a professional American football player who played wide receiver for five seasons for the Brooklyn Lions, Cleveland Bulldogs, Detroit Wolverines, and Brooklyn Dodgers.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RansKe20.htm Rex Thomas NFL & AFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com] He later lived in Sterling, Colorado where he worked in the oilfield industry. Thomas was killed in an automobile collision on March 28, 1955, near Sterling.{{cite news|title=Victim No. 61|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43747957/|newspaper=Fort Collins Coloradoan|page=6|accessdate=February 6, 2020}}