Thomas Anthony Baugh is a former professional American football player.
Education
A 1981 graduate of Riverside Brookfield High School, Baugh attended Southern Illinois University where he was a key member of the 1983 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-Associate of Arts national football championship squad. Baugh finished his playing career in 1989 with the Cleveland Browns.
Career
He was a center who played four seasons in the National Football League< for two teams. Baugh was captain of the 1985 Southern Illinois Salukis and a 4th round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1986. In his NFL career, he played center for the Kansas City Chiefs for three seasons starting in 1986.
Baugh was called by his former Chiefs coach Frank Ganz Senior in 1990 to play for the Detroit Lions.
During a preseason game Tom suffered a concussion and was released. He served as the membership director and treasurer of the Kansas City Chapter of the National Football League Alumni Association.
Tom was elected to the NFL Alumni Association Board of Directors and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Association by his NFL Alumni peers. Tom along with Carl Mauck and David Carter resigned from their posts as Retiree Advocacy Directors following some questionable reorganization, and the Leagues renewal of the Logo Trust Agreement.
Baugh resides in Lone Jack, Missouri where he was elected to serve the community on the Lone Jack C-6 School Board.
He also visits Children"s Mercy Hospital, volunteering time visiting with the children. Tom is currently President of KC Constructors, Incorporated. an Award winning construction business. Tom spent several years teaching Automotive Technology to teenagers in Elmhurst, Illinois, at York Community High School, where he was also the track and field teams shot put coach.
He was released in 1998 over a disagreement about opportunities for the students in his classes.
He had arranged for students to work in a local body shop alongside experienced body men, and he sent the students two at a time every Friday. The school, however, disapproved of the arrangement.
Membership
Tom Baugh is a member of the NFL Players Association. Tom also volunteers at Saint Luke"s Hospital and is a committee member of the Paint the Town Activity celebrating Kansas City"s long tradition of the Arts. KC Constructors is a 2012,13,14,15 member of the Lee"s Summit Chamber of Commerce.