years death_date birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date college name
1930-1935 1935-1936 30 april 1989 atlanta , georgia brooklyn dodgers philadelphia eagles y stumpy thomason
 quarterback 24 february 1906 georgia tech stumpy thomason
stumpy thomason

john griffin `` stumpy '' thomason -lrb- february 24 , 1906 -- april 30 , 1989 -rrb- was a professional american football player who played running back for seven seasons for the brooklyn dodgers and philadelphia eagles .
he was a member of the 1928 national champion georgia tech yellow jackets football team , in the backfield with warner mizell .
