Jim Ringo

Jim Ringo
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circa 1966
No. 51, 54
Position:Center
Personal information
Born:(1931-11-21)November 21, 1931
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died:November 19, 2007(2007-11-19) (aged 75)
Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school:Phillipsburg (Phillipsburg, New Jersey)
College:Syracuse
NFL draft:1953 / Round: 7 / Pick: 79
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:187
Coaching record:3–20
Player stats at PFR

James Stephen Ringo[1] (November 21, 1931 – November 19, 2007) was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played 15 years as a center for the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles, earning 10 Pro Bowl selections.[2][3] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

Ringo played college football for the Syracuse Orangemen (now Orange) and was selected in the seventh round of the 1953 NFL draft. A member of two NFL championship teams with Green Bay, Ringo was named to the NFL 1960s All-Decade Team, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame as well as the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ "Jim Ringo's playing stats". Databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  2. ^ "Jim Ringo's stats". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
  3. ^ Litsky, Frank (November 21, 2007). "Jim Ringo, Pro Football Hall of Fame center, dies at 75". New York Times. p. A25.