Falcon To Be Inducted Into State’s Football Hall
Culbertson native Terry Falcon will be one of seven former football greats inducted into the Montana Football Hall of Fame on June 28 in Billings.
The other inductees for 2025 include Kroy Bierman, Joey Thomas, Tom McMahon, Lex Hilliard, Pat Ogrin and Ray Biggs.
Falcon was born and raised in Culbertson. He was a three-sport athlete competing in basketball, track and field and 8-man football as a Culbertson Cowboy. While competing in high school, he was a two-time Class C state shot put champion (‘72- ‘73) and three-time All Conference basketball selection. Upon graduation in 1973, Falcon was selected to participate in the Midland Empire AA/C vs A/B basketball game.
He transitioned his football career from Class C Montana 8-man football into 11man college football at Minot State College in Minot, N.D. He also competed on the Minot State track team. During the 1974 season, he was the starting right tackle on the offensive line.
After spending two seasons competing at the NAIA level in North Dakota, Falcon decided to transfer to become a University of Montana Grizzly. Transferring colleges had an NCAA requirement of having to spend one season as a redshirt. Falcon spent the 1975 football season redshirting while head coaching duties also transitioned to new head coach Gene Carlson. Under Carlson’s tenure, Falcon was the starting left offensive guard for the 1976 and 1977 seasons. Falcon earn All-Big Sky Conference honors as an offensive lineman in 1976 and 1977.
In the 1978 NFL Draft, he was selected in the eighth round by the New England Patriots. The 1978-1979 seasons were spent playing for the Patriots. During his tenure in Boston, the Patriots won their first ever division championship.
The 1980 season resulted in the New York Giants negotiating for Falcon’s contract and a relocation to East Rutherford. While with these teams, Falcon played both offensive guard and offensive tackle.
The start-up USFL was formed in 1983, and Falcon joined the Arizona Wranglers. All 18 games of that season were started by Falcon at left offensive tackle. After the 1983 season, he decided to retire from playing football and return home to Montana. His football career transitioned from player to coach. He imparted his knowledge of the game to many years of high school football teams. He taught them to be good football players and good representatives of their communities.
