Jerry Groom

Jerry Groom

Groom on a 1951 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1929-08-15)August 15, 1929
Place of birth	Des Moines, Iowa
Date of death	February 29, 2008(2008-02-29) (aged 78)
Place of death	Sarasota, Florida
Career information
Position(s)	DT / C / LB
US college	Notre Dame
NFL draft	1951 / round: 1 / Pick 6
Career history
As player
1951–1955	Chicago Cardinals
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	1954
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Jerome Paul "Boomer" Groom (August 15, 1929 – February 29, 2008) was an American football player. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and was a consensus selection at the center position on the 1950 College Football All-America Team. He then played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals from 1951 to 1955. He was chosen to play in the 1954 Pro Bowl.

Groom later served as a color commentator for the Denver Broncos' radio broadcasts in their inaugural American Football League (AFL) season in 1960. In 1994 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He died at age 78 in Sarasota, Florida

See also

• List of people with surname Groom

External links

• "Former Irish Football All-America Jerry Groom Dies". Notre Dame Athletics. March 4, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
• Jerry Groom at Find a Grave