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| Date of birth: December 1, 1963 | |
| Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois | |
| Career information | |
| College: Southern Illinois | |
| NFL Draft: 1986 / Round: 4 / Pick: 87 | |
| Debuted in 1986 for the [[{{{debutteam}}}]] | |
| Last played in 1989 for the [[{{{finalteam}}}]] | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Games played | 45 |
| Games started | 16 |
| Fumble recoveries | 2 |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Thomas Anthony Baugh (born December 1, 1963) is a former professional American football player. He was a center who played four seasons in the National Football League for two teams.
A 1981 graduate of Riverside Brookfield High School, Baugh attended Southern Illinois University where he was a key member of the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA national football championship squad. Baugh was captain of the 1985 Southern Illinois Salukis and a 4th round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1986. In his NFL career, he played center for the Kansas City Chiefs for three seasons starting in 1986. Baugh finished his career in 1989 with the Cleveland Browns.[1]
Baugh resides in Lone Jack, Missouri where he was elected to serve the community on the Lone Jack C-6 School Board. Tom Baugh is a member of the NFL Players Association He serves as the membership director of the Kansas City Chapter of the National Football League Alumni Association. Tom is also a member of the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network and is an FCC Federal Communications Commission licensed Amateur radio operator using all modes of communication including Morse code Tom also volunteers at St. Luke's Hospital including a committee member of the Paint the Town Activity celebrating Kansas City's long tradition of the Arts. He also visit's Children's Mercy Hospital volunteering time visiting with the children. Tom was elected to the NFL Alumni Association Board of Directors and as Secretary/Treasurer or the Association by his NFL Alumni peers.
Tom is currently President of KC Constructors, Inc. an Award winning construction business. KC Constructors is a 2012 member of the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce
External links[]
- Profile
- SIU Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee 2002
- Jackson County Election Results
- NFL Players Association
- SATERN
- St Luke Health System
- Paint the Town
- NFL Alumni Association
- NFL Alumni Association Board of Directors
- KC Constructors, Inc.
- Lee's Summit, MO Wiki
- Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce
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Tom also spent several years teaching Automotive Technology to teenagers in Elmhurst Illinois, at York Community High School where he was also the track and field teams shot put coach. He was released in 1998 over a disagreement about opportunities for the students in his classes. He had arranged for students to go and work in a local body shop alongside with experienced body men. Although the school did not agree Tom sent the students two at a time every Friday regardless.