Given the question: Facts:   - weight lbs: 243    - position: center    - height in: 1    - pfr: bankto01    - databasefootball: bankstom01    - probowls: 4    - college: auburn      - height ft: 6    - draftedround: 8    - birth date: 20 august 1948    - playing team: st. louis cardinals    - name: tom banks    - stats: y    - playing years: 1971-1980    - birth place: birmingham , alabama    - draftedyear: 1970   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom banks -lrb- american football -rrb- .
The answer is:
thomas banks -lrb- born august 20 , 1948 in birmingham , alabama -rrb- is a former american football center who played ten seasons in the national football league for the st. louis cardinals .he later played with the birmingham stallions of the united states football league in 1983 and 1984 .