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Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||
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Born: | Courtland, Virginia, U.S. | December 19, 1917||||||||||||||||
Died: | January 9, 1990 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 72)||||||||||||||||
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High school: | Courtland (VA) | ||||||||||||||||
College: | Virginia | ||||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1940 / round: 18 / pick: 169 | ||||||||||||||||
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James Thomas Gillette Jr. (December 19, 1917 – January 9, 1990) was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL). Born in Courtland, Virginia, he played for six seasons with the Cleveland Rams (1940, 1944–1945), the Boston Yanks (1946), the Green Bay Packers (1947), and the Detroit Lions (1948).