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In an era defined by toughness and versatility, few stood out like Tom Lincoln.
Standout football player? Not only was Lincoln an all-conference end for the 1948 Vol State Athletic Conference champion Governors, he earned All-American honors the following year, joining Julius Sneed as the first-ever Austin Peay football players to earn All-American accolades.
The Governors of the Lincoln era were also the most successful squad of the pre-Ohio Valley Conference era—Austin Peay won eight games in both 1948 and 1949, a mark the Govs would not achieve again until the 1964 squad in Bill Dupes’ second season.
Fantastic on the hardwood as well? Lincoln played a pivotal role for Austin Peay men’s basketball during the era, returning for the 1949-50 season after missing the entire previous year with a broken leg.
Additionally, Lincoln earned playing time with the baseball team and ran track—a Renaissance man for the early age of Austin Peay athletics. His athletic prowess earned him an invitation to Philadelphia Eagles camp, but he elected to pursue other avenues in his post-collegiate life.
A doting husband and father, Lincoln was married to Elizabeth Moffett—the couple had two children, Dedra Lincoln Carricato and Thomas Lincoln II.
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