Tony Momsen
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| Date of birth | January 29, 1928 |
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| Place of birth | Toledo, Ohio |
| Date of death | March 6, 1994 (aged 66) |
| Place of death | Columbus, Ohio |
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| Position(s) | Center, Linebacker |
| College | Michigan |
| NFL draft |
1951 / Round: 5 / Pick: 59 (By the Los Angeles Rams) |
| Career history | |
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| 1951 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1952 | Washington Redskins |
| 1953 | Calgary Stampeders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1953 |
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Anton Henry "Tony" Momsen, Jr. (January 29, 1928 – March 6, 1994) was an American football center in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Michigan in 1945, 1949 and 1950, and is most remembered for scoring the winning touchdown in the 1950 Snow Bowl game between Michigan and Ohio State.
Momsen was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1928. He was the son of Rose and Anton Momsen, Sr. He attended Toledo's Libbey High School where he was a star athlete in football, basketball and track. In 1944, he was selected as the first-team center on the Associated Press All-Ohio football team. In announcing the selection, the AP quoted an Ohio coach who said, "Momsen was one of the finest linebackers I have ever seen. He diagnoses plays rapidly, is extremely fast and a terrific tackler." He was also an all-city and all-state basketball player.
Momsen enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1945. In November 1945, when Michigan's starting center, Harold Watts, was transferred for additional Navy training, Momsen became a starter at center for the 1945 football team.
After the 1945 season, Momsen withdrew from school. He entered the military. He also married and had two children. In 1947, he played football for Bob Snyder's Grills in the City Federation football league.
In the winter of 1949, Momsen returned to the University of Michigan. Momsen played center and linebacker for the 1949 and 1950 Michigan football teams.
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