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Position: | Fullback, linebacker |
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Born: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | September 15, 1926
Died: | March 7, 1993 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged 66)
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College: | Oklahoma A&M |
NFL draft: | 1948 / round: 1 / pick: 11 |
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James J. Spavital (September 15, 1926 – March 7, 1993) was an American gridiron football player, coach and executive in six different professional football leagues. He served as the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1970 to 1973 and as head coach of the Chicago Fire of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974. Spavital was the general manager of the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1979 to 1982 and the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983.