{"id":900,"date":"2021-07-19T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/?page_id=900"},"modified":"2021-07-19T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:44:34","slug":"tom-gastall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/alumni\/hall-of-fame\/tom-gastall\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Gastall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/Tom-Gastall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/Tom-Gastall-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Gastall\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/Tom-Gastall-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/files\/2021\/07\/Tom-Gastall.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom Gastall was Boston University\u2019s 1955 Athlete of the Year. He was captain on both the basketball and baseball teams in his senior year, while leading the football team to a 7-2 record as the team\u2019s quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Gastall was slated to start his freshman year as quarterback as well, but when Harry Agganis was discharged from the Marines, he moved to end, where the two made quite a potent combination on the gridiron.<\/p>\n<p>He split time at quarterback as a junior, before taking over the reigns as a senior. He tied Agganis\u2019 record with four TD passes in a single game that year, including a 96-yard strike.<\/p>\n<p>He was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the NFL, but instead chose to play baseball, where he signed a contract with the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Gastall was Boston University\u2019s 1955 Athlete of the Year. He was captain on both the basketball and baseball teams in his senior year, while leading the football team to a 7-2 record as the team\u2019s quarterback. Gastall was slated to start his freshman year as quarterback as well, but when Harry Agganis was discharged &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/alumni\/hall-of-fame\/tom-gastall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tom Gastall<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2500,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions\/902"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/fastball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}