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Jim Gibbons

Gibbons, James Edwin
Height: 6-2 Weight: 220
Born: September 26, 1936 Chicago, IL
Died: August 20, 2016 Encinitas, CA
High School: Robert Lindblom (Chicago, IL)

Year	College	Status
1954	Iowa
1955	Iowa	Lettered
1956	Iowa	Lettered
1957	Iowa	Lettered

Draft: 5th round (61st overall) 1958 Cleveland Browns

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1958 Detroit Lions (NFL)1958 DET NFL	87	ROE	12	8
1959 Detroit Lions (NFL)1959 DET NFL	80	ROE-LOE	12	11
1960 Detroit Lions (NFL)1960 DET NFL	80	TE	12	11
1961 Detroit Lions (NFL)1961 DET NFL	80	TE	14	14
1962 Detroit Lions (NFL)1962 DET NFL	80	TE	14	14
1963 Detroit Lions (NFL)1963 DET NFL	80	TE	14	14
1964 Detroit Lions (NFL)1964 DET NFL	80	TE	14	14
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	80	TE	13	4
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL	80	TE	7	0
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL	80	TE	14	5
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL	80	TE	14	0
11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL			140	95

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/28/1958	1958 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1958 CLE NFL
Signed		1958 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1958 CLE NFL
Traded	9/24/1958	1958 Detroit Lions (NFL)1958 DET NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1969	1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1958 Detroit Lions (NFL)1958 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1959 Detroit Lions (NFL)1959 DET NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1960 Detroit Lions (NFL)1960 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1961 Detroit Lions (NFL)1961 DET NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1962 Detroit Lions (NFL)1962 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1963 Detroit Lions (NFL)1963 DET NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1964 Detroit Lions (NFL)1964 DET NFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	20	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	120

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1958 Detroit Lions (NFL)1958 DET NFL		25		367	14.7	35t	2			0		0
1959 Detroit Lions (NFL)1959 DET NFL		31		431	13.9	38	1			0
1960 Detroit Lions (NFL)1960 DET NFL		51		604	11.8	65t	2					0
1961 Detroit Lions (NFL)1961 DET NFL		45		566	12.6	36	1			0		0
1962 Detroit Lions (NFL)1962 DET NFL		33		318	9.6	22	2			0		0
1963 Detroit Lions (NFL)1963 DET NFL		32		412	12.9	32t	1			0		0
1964 Detroit Lions (NFL)1964 DET NFL		45		605	13.4	82t	8					0
1965 Detroit Lions (NFL)1965 DET NFL		12		111	9.3	24	2		1	0		0
1966 Detroit Lions (NFL)1966 DET NFL		1		2	2.0	2t	1	1	0	0		0
1967 Detroit Lions (NFL)1967 DET NFL		10		107	10.7	21	0		1	0		0
1968 Detroit Lions (NFL)1968 DET NFL		2		38	19.0	20	0		1	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		287		3561	12.4	82t	20	1	3	0		0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1961 Detroit Lions (NFL)1961 DET NFL	1	0	14	14.0	14	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	14	14.0	14	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1958 Detroit Lions (NFL)1958 DET NFL	1		4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1		4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1959 Detroit Lions (NFL)1959 DET NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1961 Detroit Lions (NFL)1961 DET NFL	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
1963 Detroit Lions (NFL)1963 DET NFL	0	0	3	0	3	3	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	6	0	6	3	0

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