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|image=Thurman McGraw - 1951 Bowman.jpg

|image_size=145

|caption=McGraw on a 1951 Bowman football card

|position=[[Defensive tackle]]

|birth_date={{Birth date|1927|7|17}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|2000|9|13|1927|07|17}}

|height_ft=6

|height_in=5

|weight_lbs =235

|high_school=Paonia ([[Paonia, Colorado]])

|college=[[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado A&M]]

|draftyear=1950

|draftround=2

|draftpick=27

|pastteams=

* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1950}}–{{NFL Year|1954}})

|highlights=

* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1951 Pro Bowl|1950]])

|pfr=McGrTh00

|CollegeHOF=1608

}}

'''Thurman "Fum" McGraw''' (July 17, 1927 – September 13, 2000) was an [[American football]] player and college athletics administrator. He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1981.

McGraw was born in [[Garden City, Kansas]]. Standing 6'5" and weighing 235 lbs., McGraw was fresh from action with the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] in [[World War II]] when he enrolled at [[Colorado State University]] in 1946, when it was known as Colorado A&M. Working diligently at his game, McGraw called upon lessons learned as a [[boxing|boxer]] and [[wrestling|wrestler]] to fashion himself into a special breed of football player. His arm strength was crushing to opposing players and his agility developed through wrestling served him well when fending off enemy linemen. Colorado A&M finished 2–7 in McGraw's freshman season, but things would change quickly. As a sophomore, McGraw helped his Rams post a 5–4–1 mark, the team's best record in 11 years. Then, in 1948, the Aggies posted upsets over rivals [[Utah State Aggies football|Utah State]], [[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming]], [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] and archrival [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]. The 1949 campaign, McGraw's last as a four-year [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]], saw the Aggies log a 9–1 record marred only by a loss to Wyoming. After graduation, McGraw joined the [[Detroit Lions]] and captured Rookie of the Year and All-Pro honors. In 1981, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

While at Colorado State, McGraw was the school's first football All-American in 1949. When he returned to CSU in later years as a staff member, he also served as the athletic director from 1976 to 1986.

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