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| undraftedyear = 1958
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* [[Pacific Coast Professional Football League#Pacific Football Conference (1957–1958)|Bakersfield Spoilers]] (1958)
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ([[1960 American Football League season|1960]]–[[1966 American Football League season|1966]])
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ([[1967 American Football League season|1967]]–[[1969 American Football League season|1969]])
* [[Kansas City Chiefs]] ([[1969 American Football League season|1969]])
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* Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1971}}) <br> Quarterbacks coach
* Oakland Raiders ({{NFL Year|1972|1978}}) <br> Wide receivers coach
* Oakland / [[Los Angeles Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1979|1987}}) <br> Head coach
* [[Seattle Seahawks]] ({{NFL Year|1992|1994}}) <br> Head coach
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* Seattle Seahawks (1989–1991) <br> President/General manager
* Seattle Seahawks (1992–1994) <br> General manager
| highlights = ; As a player
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl IV|IV]])
* [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]] (1966)
* [[List of
* [[List of
; As a coach
* 3× Super Bowl champion ([[Super Bowl XI|XI]], [[Super Bowl XV|XV]], [[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]])
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| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|108|95|record=y}}
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| HOF = Tom-Flores
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'''Thomas Raymond Flores''' (born March 21, 1937) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and coach in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played as a [[quarterback]] for nine seasons in the AFL, primarily with the [[Oakland Raiders]]. After his retirement as a coach, he was a radio announcer for more than twenty years.
Flores won four [[Super Bowl]]s in his playing and coaching careers. <!-- Please do not add Tony Dungy here. He did not win a Super Bowl as an assistant coach. Please see this talkpage. -->He and [[Mike Ditka]] are the only two people in NFL history to win a Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach, and head coach (Flores won [[Super Bowl IV]] as a player for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Super Bowl XI]] as an assistant coach of the Raiders, and [[Super Bowl XV]] and [[Super Bowl XVIII]] as head coach of the Raiders). Flores was also the first Mexican starting quarterback and the first minority head coach in professional football history to win a Super Bowl. Although it may not be officially sourced, Flores is also noted as the only head coach to win a Super Bowl with the same team in two cities in Oakland (1980) and Los Angeles (1983).<ref>[http://www.espn.com/blog/oakland-raiders/post/_/id/16675/tom-flores-jim-plunkett-blazed-path-to-raiders-popularity-in-mexico Tom Flores, Jim Plunkett blazed path to Raiders popularity in Mexico]. Paul Gutierrez, ESPN</ref>
From 1997 until 2018, Flores served as an announcer for the [[Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network|Raiders Radio Network]].<ref name=SFGate>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/raiders/article/Tom-Flores-says-he-s-out-as-Raiders-radio-13086832.php|title=Tom Flores says he's out as Raiders radio analyst|publisher=sfgate.com|author=Matt Kawahara|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> Flores was elected to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2021 as a head coach.
==Playing career==
Flores played quarterback for two seasons at [[Fresno City College]], beginning in 1955. He was active off the field too, serving on the Student Council and as President of the Associated Men's Students. He received an academic scholarship to study at the College of the Pacific—now known as the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]]—from which he graduated in 1958. Flores came to Pacific from Fresno City College and started for the Tigers as quarterback.<ref name="pacific.edu">{{Cite web|title=Pacific alumnus adds title of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee to trailblazing career|url=https://www.pacific.edu/pacific-newsroom/pacific-alumnus-adds-title-pro-football-hall-fame-inductee-trailblazing-career|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.pacific.edu|language=en}}</ref> Following his playing career with the Tigers, he was hired as an assistant coach at Pacific and worked toward his master's degree.
Flores was unable to find a job in professional football. He was cut by the [[Calgary Stampeders]] of the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] in 1958, after which he played with the Bakersfield Spoilers (Semi-Pro) football team.<ref>{{cite
Flores had his most productive season in 1966, passing for 2,638 yards and 24 touchdowns in 14 games. Oakland traded him to the [[Buffalo Bills]] in 1967. After serving as [[Jack Kemp]]'s backup that year, he had a chance to be the Bills' starter when Kemp suffered a season-ending injury during training camp. However, Flores hurt his shoulder before the first game, and his season was limited to a five-pass appearance in Week 6. After another five-pass appearance in the first game of 1969, the Bills released Flores and he signed with the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. There he was third-string quarterback behind fellow Hall of Famer [[Len Dawson]] and [[Mike Livingston]] on the Chiefs' Super Bowl Championship team. He officially retired as a player after not playing a single game in the 1970 season. He was one of only twenty players who were in the AFL for its entire ten-year existence. He is the fifth-leading passer in the AFL's history.
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After a 5–10 finish to the 1987 season, Flores moved to the Raiders' front office, but left after just one year to become the president and general manager of the [[Seattle Seahawks]]. He returned to coaching as the Seahawks head coach in 1992, but was fired after the 1994 season following three disappointing seasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seahawks Fire Flores And His Entire Staff -- Successor Not Named; Walsh Role Possible|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19941229&slug=1949700|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref>
His 83 wins with the Raiders are the second-most in franchise history, behind only Madden. Flores left pro football with a lifetime coaching record of 97–87 (52.7%), as well as an 8–3 playoff record, with two Super Bowl victories.
===Head coaching record===
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In 1961 Flores married Barbara Fridell, who he met while a student at University of the Pacific. They have twin sons and a daughter, and five grandchildren.
Sanger High School's football stadium is named Tom Flores Stadium in honor of Flores, who was a graduate of Sanger. He heads the Tom Flores Youth Foundation, which benefits the K-8th grades in the Sanger School district in the fields of art, science, and sports.
Flores graduated from University of the Pacific in 1958. He was the starting quarterback while at Pacific<ref
Flores holds an honorary doctorate degree from [[Pepperdine University]] for humanitarian service.
His biography, ''Fire in the Iceman'', was released in 1992. Flores also coauthored ''Tales of the Oakland Raiders'' (2002).
== Awards and honors ==
In 1982, Flores was inducted as a charter member of the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]] Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref>[https://pacifictigers.com/sports/2019/6/5/information-hall-of-fame-all-time-index.aspx?id=22 "PACIFIC ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME,"] Pacific Tigers official website. Retrieved Feb. 1, 2021.</ref> In 1988, he was inducted into the [[Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fresnoahof.org/current-past-inductees|title=Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame {{!}} Home|website=Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame {{!}} Home|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731195939/https://www.fresnoahof.org/current-past-inductees|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, Flores was inducted into the [[California Sports Hall of Fame]]. In 2011, he was also inducted into the [[California Community College Athletic Association|California Community College Athletic Association Hall of Fame]]. In July 2011, Flores received the Roberto Clemente Award for Sports Excellence that is given by the [[UnidosUS|National Council of La Raza]] for contributions in society by an Hispanic athlete.<ref>[https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-legend-tom-flores-receives-prestigious-award-5207460 "Raiders Legend Tom Flores Receives Prestigious Award,"] Raiders.com (July 26, 2011).</ref> In 2012, he was also inducted into the [[Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>[https://bashof.org/inductees/2012/tom-flores/ "Tom Flores,"] Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved Feb. 1, 2021.</ref>
In 2021, Flores was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, alongside former Raider [[Charles Woodson]], [[Peyton Manning]] and 5 others.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-07|title=Peyton, Woodson, Calvin Johnson lead 8 into HOF|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30849436/2021-pro-football-hall-fame-inductees|access-date=2021-02-07|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>
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==References==
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