Tommy Fallon
{{Short description|American football player (1899–1929)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Tommy Fallon
| image = Tommy Fallon Fordham.png
| caption = Fallon with the Fordham Rams men's basketball team
| birth_date = 1899
| birth_place = Rye, New York, US
| death_date = June 13, 1929
| death_place = Seattle, Washington, US
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lbs = 170
| college = Fordham
| high_school = Rye High School
| pastteams =
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 8
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 4
| pfr =
}}
Thomas James Fallon (1899 – June 13, 1929) was an American football guard and end in the National Football League. He played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1922 NFL season.{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerf/fall00200.html|title=Tommy Fallon|publisher=Pro Football Archives.com|access-date=2023-02-28}} He played college football at Fordham.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119821279/tommy-fallon-fordham/|title=Fordham is Defeated|page=15|work=The New York Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 26, 1922|access-date=February 28, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119820894/1922-milwaukee-badgers/|title=How Milwaukee Badgers Shape Up|page=15|work=Racine Journal Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 29, 1922|access-date=February 28, 2023}}
Early life and career
Fallon was born in Rye, New York and attended Springfield YMCA College in 1919.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119880106/fordham-starts-work/|title=Fordham Starts Work|page=15|work=New York Herald|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 14, 1920|access-date=February 28, 2023}} He transferred to Fordham in 1920, where he played football, baseball and basketball, and occasionally took part in track and field competitions.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119880271/tommy-fallon-is-most-versatile-fordham/|title=Tommy Fallon Is Most Versatile Fordham Star|page=6|work=Lancaster New Era|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 27, 1921|access-date=February 28, 2023}} He was named the captain of the basketball team in March 1921.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119880084/fallon-fordham-captain/|title=Fallon Fordham Captain|page=15|work=New York Herald|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 15, 1921|access-date=February 28, 2023}} He later played for the Shenandoah Yellow Jackets in 1923.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119880523/yellow-jackets-sting-mount-carmel-6-0/|title=Yellow Jackets Sting Mount Carmel 6-0|page=4|work=Mount Carmel Item|via=Newspapers.com|date=October 22, 1923|access-date=February 28, 2023}}
Death
After football, Fallon worked as a manager for Edison Radio Company in Seattle, Washington. On June 13, 1929, after following an argument over his wife's hat, Fallon died after jumping from a seven-story hotel window.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119880998/tom-fallon-well-known-athlete-killed/|title=Tom Fallon Well Known Athlete, Killed in Seattle|page=1|work=The Daily Item|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 13, 1929|access-date=February 28, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119881005/edison-manager-pans-wifes-hat/|title=Edison Manager, Pans Wife's Hat, Commits Suicide|page=19|work=Courier News|via=Newspapers.com|date=June 14, 1929|access-date=February 28, 2023}}
References
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Category:Milwaukee Badgers players
Category:American football offensive guards
Category:Fordham Rams football players
Category:Fordham Rams men's basketball players
Category:Fordham Rams baseball players
Category:Suicides by jumping in the United States
Category:Suicides in Washington (state)
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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