Thomas Hanlon

I am indeed fortunate to have been coached by Coach Hanlon in 1963 at the Memorial Drive Presbyterian church. To me he was a great man and definitely a positive role model. He truly loved his kids and he understood that his investment in them would have a lasting positive effect on them for the rest of their lives. I was in awe of him. Here was a man who had actually played professional football! For a ten year old, that was over the top! I am so grateful that he was a "giver" at heart...

TOM was an enthusiastic force to be reckoned with, My father Dale worked with him at Ethyl. They had adventures together during Houstons anything is possible (moon landing) heyday of the sixties and seventies, which transcended their work relationship. He was always interested in what i was doing on those occasions when our families crossed paths, busy as he was with his large family and equally dynamic wife Joan. Im glad i knew that welshman who was proud to be told he resembled Tom Jones....

Mr. Hanlon was a great friend of my father's, Frank A. Golemi. They were members of the River Bend Country Club, where they seemed to be inseperable on the lynx. As they were also with business relations. Both being in the oil refining industry.
On quite a few occasions, I had the opportunity to play with them. Tom's athletic abilities shown through with thunderous drives off of the t- box. Yet, it was the mental games they played with each other, that made their play, the most comical...