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YOHE, TOM
YOHE, TOM
Born on August 7, 1967
East Chicago, Indiana
May 19, 2014
Inducted On
May 4, 2025
Location Inducted
Merrillville, Indiana
Region Number
1
Crown Point High School
Player
Crown Point High School
1985
Tom was Crown Point's MVP in football in 1985, MVP in basketball in 1985, Outstanding Senior Athlete in 1985, selected to the North-South All-Star game, McDonald's All-American in basketball, and WJOB Player of the Year.
Harvard
Tom Yohe re-wrote many of Harvard's quarterback passing records during the 1986-88 seasons, and today still remains in the Top 5 for single-season and career passing yardage. In 1987, he led the Crimson offense to an undisputed Ivy League Championship and an 8-2 record, the best record of the Joe Restic era, a season which culminated with a championship-clinching 14-10 victory over Yale in New Haven.
Tom was inducted into the Crown Point Alumni Hall of Fame as well as the Harvard University Hall of Fame (2004). Tom played professional football in Italy for the Bologna Towers for 5 years before playing 2 years in Spain for the Barcelona Boxers, winning a Spanish Super Bowl, played in the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.
Tom is survived by his wife, Gabby and his brother, Ty.
His passion for football was his life. John Madden, whom Tom was his personal stat guy, sat next to him in the booth during many of his TV broadcasts. Madden was the one who influenced Tom, along with Joe Restic, Head Coach of Harvard and Head Coach Brad Smith (Crown Point), Coach Jim Black (basketball), Coach Ed Sherry (baseball) along with all other coaches from Crown Point. They were the building blocks of intelligence that made Tom the athlete he was. After finishing his career as a player in Spain, he moved to Hermosa Beach, CA to start a career in TV doing what he loved, FOOTBALL along with other sports. Tom was a Producer, Director, Associate Director, Graphic genius for FOX Sports, NBC Olympics, TNT Basketball receiving 3 Emmy's while covering the NFL in 1999, College Football Fiesta Bowl in 2007, and the Olympics in 2002. Tom worked in TV production for 18 years.