By Josh Katzowitz
According to the Beaver County Times, the father of Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has died after suffering a heart attack in Ocala, Fla.
Ed Tomlin was 63.
As the Ocala Star-Banner writes, Tomlin was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1968, and he played eight games in Montreal of the CFL that season. In 2003, Tomlin became the president of the Marion County (Fla.) chapter of the NAACP.
He apparently suffered the heart attack after returning home from a day of fishing.
"He loved people. He was very knowledgeable, outgoing and loved fishing," Mazella Tomlin, Ed Tomlin's wife of 12 years, told the Star-Banner.
Said Whitfield Jenkins, another former NAACP president: "He added a lot to the NAACP. He was a leader and had the ability to draw people to him. He worked well with a broad category of people across race lines. He was a very thoughtful person and had a great knowledge of the community history and civil rights history.”
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Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63
Posted on: January 17, 2012 9:54 pm
Edited on: January 18, 2012 8:55 am
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Since: Jul 28, 2011 |
Posted on: January 19, 2012 12:23 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63As well as yours.....Your living proof of an Anal Birth!!!
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Since: Jan 18, 2012 |
Posted on: January 19, 2012 9:29 am
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63Lottfan4ever. You are a heartless idiot
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Since: Nov 9, 2010 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 8:17 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63erie966 does NOT speak for 'Patriot Nation'. Nickelman you are just as naive & ignorant to think that ANY Patriots fan thinks like that regardless of color. The list of accomplished and highly respected African-American players that have have played and brought honor to the Patriots team & fans is long and distinquished. It is a shame that just a few days after celebrating Martin Luther King Day, that we once again are playing and talking the race card! Ed Tomlin I'm sure was a wonderful man. Mke Tomlin is a very good coach and I'm sure a good man as well. Color has NOTHING to do with it unless you make it.
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Since: Apr 30, 2011 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 7:42 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63Rest in peace sir and our prayers go out for the family
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SissyBoyFloy Since: Oct 29, 2011 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 5:51 pm
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Since: Sep 27, 2006 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 2:48 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63eire966:
Exactly what we should expect from a RACIST Patriot fan...... Of course most white Patriots fans are probably racist in one form or another given that they just follow their organization's lead (considereing the subservient status of most, if not all, of the black athletes that ever play on their teams teams i.e. Troy Brown, Randy Moss, and now Ochocinco).
It's a damn shame that YOUR father wasn't sterile......Maybe this country would be a better place to live in........ |
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Since: Nov 26, 2007 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 2:47 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63Condolences to the Tomlin Family. Prayers are with you.
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Since: Oct 27, 2008 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 1:30 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63My prayers go to Coach Tomlin and his Family. STEELERS NATION !!!!!!!!
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Since: Oct 9, 2008 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 1:24 pm
Ed Tomlin, father of Mike Tomlin, dies at 63it's too bad your father wasn't sterile.....
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Buffalo Bob Since: Dec 11, 2011 |
Posted on: January 18, 2012 12:36 pm
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