James Michael LeClair was an American football player and coach.
21 Facts About Jim LeClair
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Jim LeClair played professionally as a linebacker for 12 seasons, from 1972 to 1983, in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and two seasons, from 1984 to 1985, in the United States Football League with the New Jersey Generals.
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Jim LeClair played college football at University of Minnesota Crookston and the University of North Dakota.
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Jim LeClair served as the head football coach at Mayville State University in Mayville, North Dakota from 1986 to 1988.
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Jim LeClair was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1999.
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Jim LeClair attended South St Paul High School in South St Paul, Minnesota, where he was a standout football player and wrestler for the Packers from 1966 to 1968.
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Jim LeClair enrolled at the University of Minnesota Crookston where he played football and wrestled for the Trojans from 1968 to 1970.
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Jim LeClair led the 1968 football team to a 6- 2 record that was at one time ranked nationally.
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Jim LeClair was named to the NCJAA All-Region and All Minnesota football teams.
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Jim LeClair was an outstanding wrestler during his two years at UMC.
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Jim LeClair then played college football for two years at the University of North Dakota, where as a senior, he was named Little All-American in 1971 as he recorded 187 tackles, three interceptions, four fumble recoveries fumbles, and 11 forced fumbles for the Fighting Sioux.
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Jim LeClair was a two-time All-North Central Conference honoree and he was named the league's most valuable defensive lineman in 1971.
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Jim LeClair earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1971.
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Jim LeClair was selected in the third round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Jim LeClair spent the next three years mainly as a starter on special teams and as a backup linebacker.
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Jim LeClair became a starter on defense in 1975 and remained so for the rest of his career.
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Jim LeClair was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Jim LeClair was inducted to the Minnesota College Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 1975.
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Jim LeClair is a member of the University of Minnesota, Crookston Hall of Fame inaugural class of 1999.
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Jim LeClair was inducted into the University of North Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985, and he was one of two inaugural inductees into the South St Paul High School Hall of Fame in 2007.
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On June 21,2014 at the Jamestown Civic Center, Jim LeClair was inducted into the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.