Jim Parmer
American football player (1927–2005)
 Parmer on a 1955 Bowman football card | |
| Date of birth | (1927-04-25)April 25, 1927 |
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| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Date of death | April 20, 2005(2005-04-20) (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Fullback / halfback |
| US college | Oklahoma State |
| NFL draft | 1948 / Round: 25 / Pick 234 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1948–1956 | Philadelphia Eagles |
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James Richard Parmer (April 25, 1927 – April 20, 2005) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for nine seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. He later worked as a scout.
Parmer served as an assistant coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team under DeWitt Weaver during the 1960 season.[1]
During the fourth episode of Hard Knocks, team General Manager Jeff Ireland revealed that Parmer was his grandfather.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Lubbock Online [dead link]
External links
- Parmer helped build '85 Bears
- Jim Parmer at Find a Grave
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Philadelphia Eagles 1948 NFL draft selections
- Clyde Scott
- Paul Campbell
- Jack Myers
- Howard Duncan
- Buddy Tinsley
- Martin Wendell
- Scott Beasley
- Ray Richeson
- Gil Johnson
- Bill Wyman
- Jim Walthall
- Dick Kempthorn
- Dick Rifenburg
- Don Stanton
- Ralph Kohl
- Aubrey Fowler
- Rudy Krall
- Ed Claunch
- Negley Norton
- Lockwood Frizzell
- Jack Swaner
- Art Littleton
- Jim Parmer
- Lou Creekmur
- Bill Stanton
- Bennie Ellender
- Rex Grossman
- A. B. Kitchens
- Art Statuto
- Tom Novak
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