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Cedar Rapids star Tom Farmer was Iowa athlete and early NFL back
Thomas Manduis Farmer born 1921 rose from Wilson High School to star at the University of Iowa before being drafted second overall by the Cleveland Rams in 1943. He played in the NFL for the Rams and Redskins, led the Redskins with six interceptions in 1947, and later became a Cedar Rapids entrepreneur running Tropic Lanes and a Dairy Queen. He died in 1980 and is buried at Czech National Cemetery near his athletic roots.
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Iowa
Tom Farmer
Wilson High School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Athletics
Farmer Wilson High School
Metro Prep
Nile Kinnick
Farmer
University of Iowa
Metro
Thomas Manduis Farmer
Richard
Olive
Third Street
12Th Avenue
Cherry Burrell
C.R. City Lines Inc
Wilson
Franklin
Hill Park
Manchester
Rams
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Green Bay
San Bruno
Tropic Lanes
Tropic
A Avenue
Five Seasons Center
June
Dairy Queen #9
Wilson Avenue
Bowling Street
Kathy O’neil
Stejskal Florists
Dairy Queen
Tom
O’neil
Jayne Mansfield
Mansfield
Czech National Cemetery