Mel Tom
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Melvyn Maile Tom was an American football
defensive lineman who played nine seasons in the National Football League
for the Philadelphia Eagles
and the Chicago Bears
. Mel is the father of Logan Tom
, member of the 2000, 2004 and 2008 American Olympic indoor volleyball teams. He died at age 64 of heart failure.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
defensive lineman who played nine seasons in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
for the Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
. Mel is the father of Logan Tom
Logan Tom
Logan Maile Lei Tom is an American indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Universal. At age 19, Tom made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics...
, member of the 2000, 2004 and 2008 American Olympic indoor volleyball teams. He died at age 64 of heart failure.