Lloyd Thomas

Lloyd Thomas attended San Jose State College from 1936-1939. He was a sportsman, playing both basketball and football. In 1937, Thomas traveled with his football teammates to Hawaii to meet up with their University of Hawaii counterparts. During the trip, he was part of a team that debated U of H student athletes and was noted as "an exceptional debater." In 1938, Thomas was named to the junior All-American List as "one of the outstanding ends of the country in the small colleges and university division." Also in 1938, Thomas and fellow Black students William Lewis and Don Presley performed the "Truckin'" dance craze of the time as part of the Spartan Revue. In 1939, Thomas was captain of the basketball team.