# Tom Beier

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{{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](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position))
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1945|06|23}}
| birth_place = [Fremont, Ohio](/source/Fremont%2C_Ohio), U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lb   = 195
| high_school = [St. Joseph's](/source/Saint_Joseph_Central_Catholic_High_School_(Fremont%2C_Ohio)) (Fremont)
| college     = {{unbulleted list|[Detroit Mercy](/source/Detroit_Titans_football)|[Miami (FL)](/source/Miami_Hurricanes_football)|}}
| draftyear   = 1967
| draftround  = 10
| draftpick   = 241
| pastteams   =
* [Miami Dolphins](/source/Miami_Dolphins) ([1967](/source/1967_American_Football_League_season), [1969](/source/1969_American_Football_League_season))
| highlights  =
* Consensus [All-American](/source/All-America_college_football_team) ([1966](/source/1966_All-America_college_football_team))
| statleague  = AFL
| statlabel1  = [Interception](/source/Interception)s
| statvalue1  = 2
| statlabel2  = [Fumble](/source/Fumble) recoveries
| statvalue2  = 2
| pfr         = BeieTo20
}}

'''Thomas Eugene Beier''' (born June 23, 1945) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)) for the [Miami Dolphins](/source/Miami_Dolphins) of the [American Football League](/source/American_Football_League) (AFL). 

Beier is a graduate of [Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School](/source/Saint_Joseph_Central_Catholic_High_School_(Fremont%2C_Ohio)) in [Fremont, Ohio](/source/Fremont%2C_Ohio). He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Miami Hurricanes](/source/Miami_Hurricanes_football), earning consensus [All-American](/source/All-America_college_football_team) 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](/source/The_News-Messenger) |agency=[The Associated Press](/source/The_Associated_Press) |date=8 December 1966 |location=Fremont, Ohio |page=24 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/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](/source/The_Miami_Herald) |date=1 December 1966 |location=Miami, Florida |page={{nobr|1-E}} |department=Sports |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

==References==
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==See also==
* [Other American Football League players](/source/List_of_American_Football_League_players)

{{1966 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{Dolphins1967DraftPicks}}

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Category:1945 births
Category:Living people
Category:All-American college football players
Category:American football safeties
Category:Miami Dolphins players
Category:Miami Hurricanes football players
Category:Sportspeople from Fremont, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Ohio
Category:American Football League players
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