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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Tom Kalmanir

Football, Class of 2002

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Tom Kalmanir, University of Nevada
Tom Kalmanir 1951 Bowman Football Card
Tom Kalmanir, NFL

Accomplishments

  • Played four seasons in the National Football League and won a NFL World Championship with the Los Angeles Rams in 1951.
  • 5-foot-7, 171-pound running back overcame questions about his size to play running back in the NFL and at the University of Nevada.
  • Averaged 6.2 yards a carry with the Los Angeles Rams from 1949 to 1951 and spent a season with the Baltimore Colts in 1953.
  • Played in the Canadian Football League.
  • Coached on staffs of the Oakland Raiders (1960-62) and CFL’s Toronto Argonauts (1957).
  • Three-sport star at Conemaugh Township High School.
  • Attended the University of Pittsburgh and played halfback in 1943 before he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
  • Enrolled at Nevada after his discharge from the service. The Wolf Pack went 25-6 with a 12-0 home record during his time in Nevada.
  • Led the nation in receiving yardage and touchdown catches at Nevada in 1946.
  • Named to the University of Nevada Sports Hall of Fame and Nevada’s Team of the Century in 1999.
  • Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1947. Traded to Los Angeles, an eventual NFL championship team.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2020

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  • Golf
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  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water Skiing
  • Wrestling
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Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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