Tommy Mont

Tommy Mont, whose full name was Thomas Allison Mont, was an American quarterback, coach and university administrator, born on 20 June 1922 in Mount Savage, Maryland, and died on 1 January 2012. He played quarterback at the University of Maryland in 1941, 1942 and 1946, learning the T-formation under Clark Shaughnessy, and earned honorable mention All-American recognition in 1942. He also played lacrosse for Maryland. After serving in the United States Army in the Second World War he joined the Washington Redskins in 1947 and spent three seasons in the National Football League as a back-up to Sammy Baugh. He later coached college football as head coach at Maryland for three years and at DePauw University for eighteen years, and he served as DePauw's athletic director for fifteen years.