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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | October 4, 1935 Seneca, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | October 27, 2020 (aged 85) Brunswick, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Seneca (SC) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1957 / round: 25 / pick: 291 | ||||||||||||
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James Edward "Jimmy" Orr Jr. (October 4, 1935 – October 27, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, running from 1958 to 1970.
The speedy Orr was an unrecruited walk-on at the University of Georgia in 1955 and was touted along with a fellow sophomore halfback mate as "Zip Kids." It quickly became clear that Orr's forte was as a pass receiver rather than a runner, however, and he was cast in the role of flanker in the offense.
Drafted in the late rounds by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1957 NFL draft, Orr was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of his debut 1958 season. There as a split end he set team records en route to selection as the 1958 NFL Rookie of the Year in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls. He was traded to the Baltimore Colts ahead of the 1961 NFL season.
Orr played ten years in Baltimore and became a fan favorite, with the corner of the end zone of Memorial Stadium where he caught many of his passes nicknamed "Orrsville." He retired a Super Bowl champion after the 1970 season.