{{short description|American baseball and football player (1917-2008)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Andy Tomasic |image=Andy Tomasic.jpg |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1917|12|10}} |birth_place=Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2008|11|27|1917|12|10}} |death_place=Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 28 |debutyear=1949 |debutteam=New York Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 22 |finalyear=1949 |finalteam=New York Giants |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–1 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=18.00 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=2 |teams= *New York Giants ({{mlby|1949}}) |highlights= | module = {{Infobox NFL biography | embed = yes | name = | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 3, 4 | current_team = | position = Tailback, defensive back, return specialist | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 175 | high_school = Whitehall (PA) | college = Temple | cis = | draftyear = 1942 | draftround = 16 | draftpick = 141 | pastteams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1942|1946}}) | highlights = * First-team All-Eastern (1941) * Second-team All-Eastern (1940) | statleague = | statseason = | statweek = | statlabel1 = Pass yards | statvalue1 = 227 | statlabel2 = Rush yards | statvalue2 = 214 | statlabel3 = Receiving yards | statvalue3 = 27 | statlabel4 = Punt yards | statvalue4 = 660 | statlabel5 = Punt return yards | statvalue5 = 219 | statlabel6 = Punt return touchdowns | statvalue6 = 1 | statlabel7 = Kick return yards | statvalue7 = 94 | statlabel8 = Defensive interceptions | statvalue8 = 2 | pfr = T/TomaAn20 }}}}
'''Andrew John Tomasic Sr.''' (December 10, 1917<ref name="obi">{{cite web|url=https://m.legacy.com/obituaries/MCall/obituary.aspx?n=Andrew-Tomasic&pid=120793441&referrer=494&preview=True|title=Andrew Tomasic Sr. Obituary|date=November 30, 2008|publisher=Legacy.com|work=legacy.com|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref> – November 27, 2008) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) player.
He was born in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, a small village located within the boundaries of modern-day Whitehall, Pennsylvania.
A 1942 graduate of Philadelphia's Temple University, Tomasic was the captain of the 1941 football squad and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1971.<ref name="obi"/><ref name="Temple HOF">{{cite web|url=https://owlsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=141|title=Temple University Hall of Fame|date=|publisher=Temple University|work=owlsports.com|accessdate=February 23, 2019}}</ref>
==Sports career== Tomasic was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 16th round of the 1942 NFL draft. He was a halfback, defensive back, and return specialist. After making his NFL debut in 1942, Tomasic did not play from 1943 to 1945, as he served in the U.S. Army during World War II.<ref name="obi"/> Tomasic returned in 1946 in what would be his final NFL season.
Just before retiring from the NFL, Tomasic had already begun his professional baseball career in the minor leagues (MiLB), with the {{baseball year|1946}} Kinston Eagles (Kinston, North Carolina), of the Coastal Plain League. His many “farm circuit” successes earned him a big-league call-up, during the ({{baseball year|1949}}) MLB season. The New York Giants (NL) used Tomasic as a relief pitcher; over the 2 games in which he appeared, his win–loss record was 0–1, with 5 innings pitched, 10 earned runs allowed, striking out 2, while walking 5 batters. Tomasic batted and threw right-handed.
Tomasic died on November 27, 2008, in Allentown, Pennsylvania.<ref name="obi"/>
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==External links== *{{baseball stats|mlb=123384|espn=18537|br=t/tomasan01|fangraphs=1013107|brm=tomasi001and|retro=T/Ptomaa101}} *{{football stats|pfr=T/TomaAn20|nfl=|cfl=|afl=|espn=|cbs=|yahoo=|fox=|si=|rotoworld=}} *[https://owlsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=141 Andy Tomasic] at Temple University Hall of Fame
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