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|image=
|birth_date=July 17, 1927
|birth_place=[[Garden City, Kansas]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2000|09|13|1927|07|17}}
|death_place=[[Fort Collins, Colorado]]
|Position=[[Defensive tackle]]
|College=[[Colorado State University|Colorado State]]
|DraftedYear=1950
|DraftedRound=2
|DraftedPick=27
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|PFR=McGrTh00
|Honors=
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|Records=
|years=1950-1954
|teams=[[Detroit Lions]]
|ProBowls=1
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'''Thurman "Fum" McGraw''' is a former [[College football|collegiate football]] [[defensive tackle]] and 1981 inductee into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].

==Biography==
He was born in [[Garden City, Kansas]]. Standing 6'5" and weighing 235&nbsp;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. It did not take long before he began making his mark as an exceptional football talent. 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 agile style developed through wrestling served him well when fending off enemy linemen. Colorado A&M finished a dismal 2-7-0 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, everything came together for the Aggies, who posted surprising upsets over rivals [[Utah State University|Utah State]], [[University of Wyoming|Wyoming]], [[Brigham Young University|Brigham Young]] and arch [[sports rivalry|rival]] [[University of Colorado at Boulder|Colorado]]. The 1949 campaign, McGraw's last as a four-year [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]], was even better for the Aggies as they logged an impressive 9-1-0 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 University, McGraw was the school's first consensus football All-American in 1948 and 1949. When he returned to CSU in later years as a staff member, he also served as the athletic director from 1976-86.<ref>°[http://www.csurams.com/trads/fums-song.html]</ref><references/>

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{{Persondata
|NAME= McGraw, Thurman "Fum"
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
|SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Marine
|DATE OF BIRTH=  July 17, 1927
|PLACE OF BIRTH=  [[Garden City, Kansas]]
|DATE OF DEATH=  September 13, 2000
|PLACE OF DEATH=  [[Fort Collins, Colorado]]
}}
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[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:2000 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Finney County, Kansas]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:American football defensive tackles]]
[[Category:Colorado State Rams football players]]
[[Category:Detroit Lions players]]
[[Category:Western Conference Pro Bowl players]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:United States Marines]]