:Tom Runnels

{{Short description|American football player (1934–2012)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|01|28}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|04|07|1934|01|28}}

| death_place = Granbury, Texas, U.S.

| team =

| number = 25

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| position1 = Halfback

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| college = North Texas

| NFLDraftedYear = 1956

| NFLDraftedRound = 14

| NFLDraftedPick = 168
(by the Los Angeles Rams)

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| playing_years1 = 1956–1957

| playing_team1 = Washington Redskins

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| NFL = RUN519110

| DatabaseFootball = RUNNETOM01

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Melvin Thomas Runnels (January 28, 1934 – April 7, 2012{{cite news|url=http://hcnews.atomicnewstools.com/pages/obituaries/melvin-thomas-tommy-runnels/|title=Melvin Thomas "Tommy" Runnels (Obituary)|date=April 13, 2012|publisher=Hood County News|accessdate=16 April 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of North Texas and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1956 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas and died in Granbury, Texas.