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Rose Bowl Hall of Fame

Tom Ramsey

Tom Ramsey

  • Induction
    2007
  • Sport(s)
    UCLA
1983 Rose Bowl Game
2007 Inductee


A four-year starter at UCLA, quarterback Tom Ramsey finished his final season with a Rose Bowl Game victory, earning Player of the Game honors in the Bruins’ 24–14 win over Michigan on New Year’s Day in 1983. Ramsey scored the game’s first touchdown on a 1-yard run and finished the game with 162 yards on 18-of-25 passing.

Ramsey went on to play in the USFL for the Los Angeles Express and Oakland Invaders in 1983 and 1984. He then spent the next four seasons with the New England Patriots before ending his career in 1989 with the Indianapolis Colts.

Ramsey was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1999. Following a seven year career in the NFL, he went on to broadcasting with Fox Sports Net and Turner Broadcasting.
 
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