NAME
Earl Lewis Thomas
DATE OF BIRTH
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DATE OF DEATH
July 4, 2020
AGE AT DEATH
71
OCCUPATION
Professional Football Player. Founder/Owner, Gold Line Refining Company. Partner/Owner, WTM Investments.
CITY OF RESIDENCE AT DEATH
Houston
STATE/TERRITORY OF RESIDENCE AT DEATH
TX
LOCATION OF GRAVE
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A person really can’t be defined by numbers, even when those numbers are a source of fame. But that’s one of the first ways some people remember Earl Lewis Thomas.

A football fan might start with Thomas’ years as a tight end for three nationally-ranked Univeristy of Houston Cougar teams in the late 1960s and early 70s. Or the stats he accrued during six seasons as a wide receiver with the NFL’s Chicago Bears, St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Oilers: He caught 106 passes for 1,651 yards, scoring 14 touchdowns — one of which was a heart-pounding, 82-yard kickoff return.

Thomas died July 4 of COVID-19, at 71, and the bigger numbers of his life can’t be so neatly packaged. Let’s just say they are significant, and added up to enough that the city of Houston proclaimed an “Earl Thomas Day” one day in March last year...(Click the information source link below to read more.)

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