TOMMY MASONMason, Thomas CyrilHeight: 6-0 Weight: 195 Born: July 8, 1939 Lake Charles, LA Died: January 22, 2015 Newport Beach, CA High School: Lake Charles (LA) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Tulane | |
| 1958 | Tulane | Lettered |
| 1959 | Tulane | Lettered |
| 1960 | Tulane | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (4th overall) 1961 Boston Patriots; 1st round (1st overall) 1961 Minnesota Vikings |
| Military Service: United States Army |
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| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Coaching Record |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 20 | HB-FL | 13 | 4 |
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 20 | HB | 14 | 11 |
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 20 | HB | 13 | 13 |
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 20 | HB | 13 | 12 |
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 20 | HB | 10 | 9 |
| 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL | 20 | HB | 7 | 5 |
| 1967 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1967 LARM NFL | 20 | HB | 13 | 0 |
| 1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1968 LARM NFL | 20 | HB-FB | 12 | 5 |
| 1969 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1969 LARM NFL | 20 | WR | 13 | 0 |
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 20 | RB | 6 | 2 |
| 1971 Washington Redskins (NFL)1971 WAS NFL | 20 | RB | 10 | 1 |
| 11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL | 124 | 62 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 11/23/1960 | 1961 Boston Patriots (AFL)1961 BOS AFL |
| Draft | 12/27/1960 | 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL |
| Signed | 2/4/1961 | 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL |
| Injured Reserve? | 11/10/1966 | 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL |
| Traded | 3/14/1967 | 1967 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1967 LARM NFL |
| Traded | 3/30/1971 | 1971 Washington Redskins (NFL)1971 WAS NFL |
| Released | 8/30/1972 | 1972 Washington Redskins (NFL)1972 WAS NFL |
| AWARDS |
|---|
| 1963 Associated Press All-NFL |
| 1963 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL |
| 1963 United Press International All-NFL |
| 1963 United Press International All-NFL |
| 1963 New York Daily News All-NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | ||
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 54 | ||
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 66 | ||
| 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1968 LARM NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1969 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1969 LARM NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 45 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 270 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 60 | 226 | 3.8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 167 | 740 | 4.4 | 71 | 2 | ||||
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 166 | 763 | 4.6 | 70t | 7 | ||||
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 169 | 691 | 4.1 | 51t | 4 | ||||
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 141 | 597 | 4.2 | 26 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL | 58 | 235 | 4.1 | 52t | 2 | ||||
| 1967 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1967 LARM NFL | 63 | 213 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1968 LARM NFL | 108 | 395 | 3.7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1969 LARM NFL | 33 | 135 | 4.1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 44 | 123 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 Washington Redskins (NFL)1971 WAS NFL | 31 | 85 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1040 | 4203 | 4.0 | 71 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 |
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1967 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1967 LARM NFL | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 65 | 21.7 | 32.5 | 51t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 149.3 | |
| 1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1968 LARM NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 4 | 95 | 10.6 | 31.7 | 51t | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 73.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 36 | 603 | 16.8 | 74t | 6 | ||||||
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 40 | 365 | 9.1 | 41t | 2 | ||||||
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 26 | 239 | 9.2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 22 | 321 | 14.6 | 72t | 1 | ||||||
| 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1967 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1967 LARM NFL | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1968 LARM NFL | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1969 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1969 LARM NFL | 11 | 185 | 16.8 | 67t | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1971 Washington Redskins (NFL)1971 WAS NFL | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 214 | 2324 | 10.9 | 74t | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 14 | 4 | 146 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 6 | 1 | 52 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 4 | 2 | 63 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 10 | 4 | 150 | 15.0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 9 | 6 | 63 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 46 | 21 | 483 | 10.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 25 | 603 | 24.1 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 12 | 301 | 25.1 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 45 | 1067 | 23.7 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1961 MIN NFL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1962 MIN NFL | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1963 MIN NFL | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1964 MIN NFL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1967 LARM NFL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1968 LARM NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 Washington Redskins (NFL)1971 WAS NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 61 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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