Jim Wade
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Position: | Halfback Defensive back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Talihina, Oklahoma, U.S. | February 14, 1925||||||||||||
Died: | November 20, 2019 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged 94)||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Talihina | ||||||||||||
College: | Oklahoma City | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1948: 27th round, 250th pick | ||||||||||||
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James L. Wade (February 14, 1925 – November 20, 2019) was an American football halfback who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Oklahoma City University, having previously attended Talihina High School.[1] Wade was a veteran of World War II. He died in November 2019 at the age of 94.[2]
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Categories:
- 1925 births
- 2019 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- New York Bulldogs players
- Oklahoma City Chiefs football players
- People from Le Flore County, Oklahoma
- Players of American football from Oklahoma
- Military personnel from Oklahoma
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1920s birth stubs