{{Short description|American football player (born 1945)}} {{distinguish|Tom Beer|Tom Beere}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2025}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Tom Beier | image = Tom Beier, 1966.png | caption = Beier in 1966 | number = 47 | position = Safety | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|06|23}} | birth_place = Fremont, Ohio, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 195 | high_school = St. Joseph's (Fremont) | college = {{unbulleted list|Detroit Mercy|Miami (FL)|}} | draftyear = 1967 | draftround = 10 | draftpick = 241 | pastteams = * Miami Dolphins (1967, 1969) | highlights = * Consensus All-American (1966) | statleague = AFL | statlabel1 = Interceptions | statvalue1 = 2 | statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue2 = 2 | pfr = BeieTo20 }}
'''Thomas Eugene Beier''' (born June 23, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL).
Beier is a graduate of Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School in Fremont, Ohio. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, earning consensus All-American honors in 1966.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tom Beier Named To Associated Press All-American |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-messenger/71257083/ |access-date=11 July 2025 |work=The News-Messenger |agency=The Associated Press |date=8 December 1966 |location=Fremont, Ohio |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pope |first1=Edwin |title=Beier Felt He Was Cool on TV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-beier-felt-he-was-cool/176404742/ |access-date=11 July 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |date=1 December 1966 |location=Miami, Florida |page={{nobr|1-E}} |department=Sports |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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==See also== * Other American Football League players
{{1966 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}} {{Dolphins1967DraftPicks}}
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