James Preston Weatherall was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions.
10 Facts About Jim Weatherall
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Jim Weatherall played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union for the Edmonton Eskimos.
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Jim Weatherall played college football at the University of Oklahoma and was drafted in the second round of the 1952 NFL Draft.
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Jim Weatherall was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Jim Weatherall grew up in Graham, Texas, and attended White Deer High School in White Deer, Texas.
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Jim Weatherall attended and played college football at the University of Oklahoma, where he was consensus All-America in 1950, unanimous All-America in 1951, and won the Outland Trophy in 1951.
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Jim Weatherall lettered four years at Oklahoma and was the 1951 co-captain.
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Jim Weatherall was a placekicker and kicked 37 extra points in 1950 and 39 in 1951.
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Jim Weatherall was a member of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and graduated with a degree in business administration.
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Jim Weatherall had a nine-year career in which he played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union for the Edmonton Eskimos, and in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions.