Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2000
- Class:
- 1964
Starting out as a free safety in 1961 and intercepting a pass his first game at UofL, Tom LaFramboise became the team's quarterback the following year. During his playing days, LaFramboise was ranked seventh nationally in passing yardage in 1963 with 1,205 yards and threw a single game record with four touchdown passes against Marshall. The following year he was ranked fourth nationally with 1,320 yards. As captain of the team in 1964, LaFramboise set a single game record versus Western Michigan University with 28 completions on 45 passing attempts. He also set a NCAA record for the first two games in 1964 with 45 completions on 75 passing attempts. He was drafted and signed by the Chicago Bears. LaFramboise was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League as well.
LaFramboise also lettered in baseball where he had sophomore and junior year batting averages of .375. He led the team in homeruns in 1963, and he hit a homerun in the Missouri Valley Tournament at Busch Stadium that same year. In 1966, LaFramboise received his Bachelor of Arts from the College of Arts and Sciences. He later returned to Michigan where he has taught and coached for 31 years. He continues to win awards as a coach where he coached the Michigan All-Star football game in 1989 and was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1994.
