:Jim Laird

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1897–1970)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jim Laird

| image =

| number =

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|9|10}}

| birth_place = Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|8|16|1897|9|10}}

| death_place = Lebanon, Connecticut, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 194

| high_school = Holderness (NH)

| college = Colgate

| pastteams =

• Rochester Jeffersons ({{NFL Year|1920}})
• Buffalo All-Americans ({{NFL Year|1920}}–{{NFL Year|1921}})
• Rochester Jeffersons ({{NFL Year|1921}})
• Canton Bulldogs ({{NFL Year|1921}})
• Union Quakers of Philadelphia (1921)
• Buffalo All-Americans ({{NFL Year|1922}})
• Providence Steam Roller ({{NFL Year|1925}}–{{NFL Year|1928}})
• Staten Island Stapletons ({{NFL Year|1931}})

| pastcoaching =

• Norwich (1923–1925)
• Providence Steam Roller ({{NFL Year|1926}})
• Norwich (1932–1934)

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1928)
• Second-team All-Pro (1922)

| pfr = L/LairJi20

| pfrcoach = LairJi0

}}James Tyler Laird (September 10, 1897 – August 16, 1970) was a professional American football player who played running back for the Rochester Jeffersons, the Buffalo All-Americans, the Canton Bulldogs, the Providence Steam Rollers, and the Staten Island Stapletons. In 1926, he was a player-coach for the Providence Steam Rollers. Laird was also a coach for Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont.{{cite news |last1=Associated Press |title=Stars Continue to Come Into Fold of Local Team for Season's Play |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1dbAAAAIBAJ&q=James+Laird&pg=PA13&article_id=1490,1700009#v=onepage |access-date=11 October 2022 |work=Providence News |date=25 September 1924}} In 1921 Laird played for the New York Brickley Giants, however he is not listed as being on the team as he played for the Giants only when they played non-league opponents. He also played for the independent Union Quakers of Philadelphia in 1921.

Laird had a son, also named James Tyler Laird, who was the chair of the psychology department at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. James Jr. married Geraldine Anderson of Montreal. The two raised two children. James Jr. taught for a time at the army bases in Korea.