Jim Thomason

Jim Thomason
	Thomason in 1942
No. 33
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	March 28, 1920; Brownwood, Texas, U.S.
Died:	August 4, 2007 (aged 87); Brenham, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Brownwood
College:	Texas A&M
NFL draft:	1941 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
As a player:
	Detroit Lions (1945);
As a coach:
	Greenville AAB (1943); Head coach;
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1939); Second-team All-American (1940); 2× First-team All-SWC (1939, 1940);
	Player stats at PFR

James Neal Thomason (March 28, 1920 – August 4, 2007) was an American football player and coach. A native of Brownwood, Texas, was Thomason played college football at Texas A&M University and was a member of the 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team, which won a national championship. He was selected in the first round with the fifth overall selection by the Detroit Lions in the 1941 NFL draft.^[1]

Thomason later worked as an accountant in Brownwood. He died on August 4, 2007, at this home in Brenham, Texas.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
[Greenville Army Air Base Jay Birds (Independent) (1943)
1943	Greenville AAB	1–5
Greenville AAB:		1–5
Total:		1–5

^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ Ballenger, Frank (October 9, 1943). "Jay Birds Open Grid Season". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. p. 5. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "James Neal Thomason". Memorial Oaks Chapel. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2023.