Tom Flores
As a player
- Calgary Stampeders (1958 ) is not active
- Washington Redskins (1959 ) is not active
- Oakland Raiders (1960-1966)
- Buffalo Bills (1967-1969)
- Kansas City Chiefs (1969 )
As coach
- Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders (1979-1987)
As General Manager
- Seattle Seahawks (1992-1994)
Thomas Raymond Flores ( born March 21, 1937 in Sanger, California, USA) is an American former American football player, coach and official. He was active in the National Football League ( NFL).
Playing career
Tom Flores playing career as a quarterback began hesitantly. After he was not sent to the NFL Draft, he tried in 1958 in the Canadian Football League ( CFL) with the Calgary Stampeders in 1959 and in the NFL with the Washington Redskins. For both teams, he was released before the season. In 1960, he was welcomed at the Oakland Raiders, who were settled in the newly formed American Football League ( AFL). For the Raiders, he has already been used in his first game as a starter year. 1967 moved to the Buffalo Bills and 1969 in the course of the season to the Hank Stram trained Kansas City Chiefs. Flores was a substitute behind the trunk of the Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson. With the Chiefs Flores won the Super Bowl III against the Minnesota Vikings with 23:7. Immediately after the game, he ended his playing career.
Coaching career
Immediately after his playing career was Flores assistant coach with the Buffalo Bills and a short time afterwards assistant to John Madden at the Raiders. 1976 moved the Raiders in the Super Bowl XI, where the Vikings were defeated by 32:14. In 1979 Flores the office of head coaches in the team from Oakland, and held that office until 1987.
In 1980 he won the first two Super Bowl games. The Philadelphia Eagles lost Super Bowl XV against the motion of Jim Plunkett as quarterback Raiders with 27:10 after they had previously won in the regular season 11 of 16 games. Three years later, was able to prevail moved to Los Angeles team of Flores in Super Bowl XVIII against the Washington Redskins with the 38:9 now.
Football official
After the 1987 season, Flores moved to the management of the Raiders. From 1992 to 1994 he served as general manager of the affairs of the Seattle Seahawks.
Honors
Flores played once in the Pro Bowl, the season final game of the best players of the season. He is next to Mike Ditka was the only person who has won as a player, assistant coach and coach the Super Bowl. The Sanger High School named their stadium after him. In 2007, he was inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame.
Off the pitch
Flores is still involved in the radio -transmitting the Raiders games of a local radio station as a co- moderator.