BOSTON -- Former Atlanta Falcons and Texas Longhorns linebacker Tommy Nobis seemed to transition easily into his post-playing career, landing a job as the manager of the team's training camp hotel and rising through the franchise's front office to vice president.
For three more decades, the man who came to be known as "Mr. Falcon" never left football.
And football never left him.
"Growing up, I remember my mom having to call his secretary when he was going out to training camp to let them know what kind of mood he was in. And then vice versa," his daughter, Devon Jackoniski, said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.