Jim Thaxton
Appearance
No. 86, 84, 87 | |||||||||
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Position: | Tight end / Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S. | January 11, 1949||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Memphis (TN) Carver | ||||||||
College: | Tennessee State | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 4 / pick: 84 | ||||||||
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James Ivory Thaxton (born January 11, 1949) is an American former professional football tight end who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Cardinals. He was selected by the Chargers in the fourth round of the 1973 NFL draft. He played college football at Tennessee State University and attended Carver High School in Memphis, Tennessee.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "JIM THAXTON". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
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