2008 USFTL Cleveland Hall Of Fame

Tom Schoen

Induction: Player
Presenter: Stan Jenovic
City/State: Euclid, OH
Date of Birth: 01/30/46
Height/Weight: 6’ / 200
Spouse: Mary Ann
Children: Tommy, Timmy, Michael, Katie, Kristen
Occupation: Retired
Career as Player: 10 Years (1971-1980)
Position: WR, DB
Number: 7
Team: Diamonds, Mutual Medals/Non Ferrous
State Championship Titles: (4) 1975-Touch, 1976-Touch, 1978-Touch, 1979-Touch
National Tournament Appearances: 1
All Ohio Team: (4): 1975-Touch, 1976-Touch, 1978-Touch, 1979-Touch
City of Cleveland Championship Titles: (1) 1978-Touch
League Championship Titles: (20) 10 Years-Euclid Touch, 10 Years-Wickliffe Touch
Special Awards: Inducted into the Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame & St. Joseph’s High School Hall of Fame. Was named “All State” in High School at St. Joseph High. Named Cleveland Touchdown Club “High School Player of the Year” in 1963. Went to Notre Dame College & made “All American” in 1966.  He was Consensus “All American” in 1967. MVP of Notre Dame’s Defense in 67. Tom played for the Cleveland Browns in 1970. Tom was raided by the Plain Dealer as “One of the top 2 Safeties in Notre Dame History.” Ranked 9^th in the News Herald’s “Top 10 High School Football Players in the 20^th Century.”
Most Memorable Moment in Flag & Touch Football: After Non-Ferrous won the State of Ohio Touch Football Championship, the team drove back on a bus to Tom’s house. He woke up the next morning with the bus driver sleeping in his house & the bus half way on his front lawn. One lasting memory Tom has of Touch Football is, that he went in to Touch Football as a joke, & after getting knocked down 5 times in his 1^st Touch Football game he realized the passion & talent in the sport!