height_ft finalyear debutyear finalteam birth_date pfr weight_lbs undraftedyear number college debutteam name nflnew birth_place dbf position highschool height_in article_title
6 1965 1964 pittsburgh steelers 23 may 1942 w/wadeto00 195 1964 16 texas pittsburgh steelers tommy wade tommywade/2528038 henderson , texas wadetom01 qb henderson -lrb- tx -rrb- 2 tommy wade

tommy wade

thomas virgil wade -lrb- born may 23 , 1942 -rrb- is a former american football player who played 2 seasons as quarterback in the nfl with the pittsburgh steelers .
prior to that he had started at quarterback for the university of texas and played on the national championship team in 1963 .
he is perhaps best known as a back-up quarterback who engineered a 4th-quarter , touchdown drive in texas ' final regular season game of 1963 to win the game and the national championship .
