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| Born: | November 16, 1909 Lexington, Kentucky |
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| Died: | September 8, 1982 (aged 72) Lexington, Kentucky |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback |
| College | Michigan |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Honors | Michigan Wolverines Most Valuable Player, 1929 |
James Orlando Harrison Simrall Jr.[1] (November 16, 1909 – September 8, 1982) was an American football player and medical doctor. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Simrall enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played quarterback and halfback for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1928 to 1930. He was selected as the Most Valuable Player on the 1929 team and the captain of the 1930 team. He later attended Harvard Medical School, served as an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan, and later became a medical doctor in Lexington, Kentucky.
- ^ In the 1910 and 1920 Censuses, Simrall and his father were identified by the first name Harrison. At the time of the 1930 Census, James was listed as the first name. Simrall was identified in the Michiganensian yearbook at the University of Michigan variously as James O. H. Simrall, J. O. H. Simrall, James O. Simrall, and J. Harrison Simrall.