1. Jim Detwiler was an all-city, all-state and All-American running back as a senior at Toledo's DeVilbiss High School in 1962.
12 Facts About Jim Detwiler
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In 1964, Jim Detwiler was part of Bump Elliott's Big Ten Conference and 1965 Rose Bowl championship team.
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Jim Detwiler redeemed himself by scoring the only touchdown in the 1964 Michigan-Ohio State game.
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Jim Detwiler had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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Jim Detwiler was part of a class of six NFL draftees from Michigan that year.
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Jim Detwiler received a $50,000 signing bonus and played in a couple preseason games in 1967, but his knee was still hurting.
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Jim Detwiler had more surgery on the knee and missed the entire 1967 season.
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Jim Detwiler failed to make the team in 1968, and his professional football career was over.
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Jim Detwiler is the most recent 1st round NFL Draft choice to have never played a game in the NFL, not counting the 1984 Supplemental Draft.
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Jim Detwiler enrolled in dental school while trying to rehabilitate his knee.
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Jim Detwiler used his $50,000 signing bonus to put himself through dental school.
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In 1971, Jim Detwiler returned to Toledo and set up a dental practice near Perrysburg, Ohio.