Talk:Tom Cosgrove (American football)

1952 Bribery scandal
Cosgrove was one of three Maryland players approached in the fall of 1952 by another student and offered bribes to hold down the score of a game against LSU. I am having difficulty fitting this season in the timeline, since he was a senior in 1951 and drafted in Jan. 1952. I'm not going to work it out, I leave this to someone else to sleuth. Cosgrove, for the record, was offered $1,000 and immediately notified authorities. Carrite (talk) 18:00, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Okay, almost there
I wrote up a section on the 1952 gambling scandal. I still don't know why he had five seasons at Maryland, but he apparently did. Beyond that, I figured out the mystery connection with the Baltimore Colts, which I initially believed to be a hoax. For the record, Cosgrove never played a single down in a regular season NFL game, but is very clearly WP Notable for his college career and place in the 1952 gambling scandal. Carrite (talk) 19:48, 8 February 2024 (UTC)