A dominant linebacker of his era, the former linebacker can't gain Canton's attention. Falcons' fans want to know why.

Before starring at Texas as an All-American linebacker and going on to a stellar 11-year career in the NFL, Tommy Nobis was a San Antonio high school football legend. A standout at Jefferson in ...

ATLANTA --Tommy Nobis, the first player drafted by the expansion Atlanta Falcons and a hard-hitting middle linebacker who was never fully recognized for his talents on a struggling franchise that ...

When the First Falcon, Tommy Nobis, died in mid-December 2017 at the age of 74, his family was all too aware that something had gone seriously wrong inside the old linebacker's head. They had ...

Fifty years ago, as the initial first-round draft choice of Atlanta's newborn NFL team, Tommy Nobis embodied the hope that now flows through his adopted hometown as the Falcons face the New ...

ATLANTA — He was known as “Mr. Falcon." Tommy Nobis, the first Falcons player ever drafted – in 1966 – lived a big life on and off the field. Football was his life – and part of his death.

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Tommy Nobis fights off the block of a Green Bay Packers lineman in a 38-7 loss on October 11, 1971 at Fulton-County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tony Tomsic ...

But that’s what happened in 1966 when the Atlanta Falcons, then an expansion franchise, took 1962 Jefferson graduates Tommy Nobis and Bill Goss, both linebackers, in their first draft.

Donation Options Search Search Search Former Falcons star Tommy Nobis is introduced to fans in 2009. | AP Photo/John Amis Share BOSTON (AP) — Atlanta Falcons linebacker Tommy Nobis seemed to ...