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Thomas Dudley Harmon nacque il 28 settembre del 1919 a Rensselaer una cittā limitrofa ad Albany ed č stato un halfback del football americano.
Cresciuto nell'universitā del Michigan dove vinse l'Heisman che negli USA č il massimo riconoscimento individuale a livello universitario, ha giocato nel Michigan Wolverines e nei Los Angeles Rams ritirandosi prematuramente nel 1947 a causa degli infortuni alle gambe riportati durante la guerra.
Fu il primo degli atleti ad effettuare con successo la traslazione da stella sportiva a celebritā dei media.
Sposato con l'attrice Elyse Knox che gli diede tre figli, tra i quali Mark che divenne il celebre interprete della serie televisiva NCIS, era un discreto bridgista dilettante.
Scomparve il 15 marzo del 1990 a Los Angeles. Raised at the University of Michigan where he won Heisman
Trophy, the
highest individual recognition at the university level in the US, he played in Michigan
Wolverines and Los Angeles Rams retiring prematurely in 1947 due to leg injuries
reported during the war. He was the first of the athletes to successfully perform the sports star move
to media celebrities. Married to actress Elyse Knox who gave him three children, among them Mark who
became the famous performer of the NCIS television series, he was a discreet
amateur bridge player. He disappeared
1990, March 15 in Los Angeles where he lived.
Thomas Dudley Harmon was born on September 28, 1919 in
Rensselaer near Albany and was a halfback of American football.
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