Tom Keating (American football)
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| Tom Keating | |
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| Date of birth: | September 2, 1942 |
| Place of birth: |  Chicago, IL |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Defensive tackle |
| Jersey №: | 74 |
| College: | Michigan |
| AFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 5 / 5th Pick |
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| 1964-1965 1966-1967, 1969 1970-1972 1973 1974-1975 |
AFL Buffalo Bills AFL Oakland Raiders NFL Oakland Raiders NFL Pittsburgh Steelers NFL Kansas City Chiefs |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| Pro Bowls: | AFL All-Star 1966, 1967 |
| Honors: | AFL Champion, 1967 AFL All-Time 2nd Team |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
For the famous art forger of the same name, see Tom Keating. For the priest and author of the same name see Thomas Keating.
Thomas Arthur Keating (born September 2, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American football player. A defensive tackle, he played for the University of Michigan before he was drafted in 1964 in the fifth round of the American Football League draft by the Buffalo Bills. After two seasons with the Bills, he joined the AFL's Oakland Raiders, where he earned AFL All-Star honors in 1966 and 1967. He started for the Raiders in their 1967 AFL Championship victory over the Houston Oilers, and in the second AFL-NFL World Championship Game. He played for the AFL Raiders through 1969, and then with the same team in the NFL from 1970 through 1972. He later played for the NFL Steelers and Chiefs. His brother Bill Keating, also from the University of Michigan, played in the American Football League as well, for the Denver Broncos and the Miami Dolphins. Tom is now a private investigator, residing in Washington, D.C., with his wife Karen Sprecher-Keating and son James Alexander Keating.
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