:Jim Parmer

{{Short description|American football player (1927–2005)}}

{{Distinguish|Jim Palmer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jim Parmer

| image = James Parmer - 1955 Bowman.jpg

| caption = Parmer on a 1955 Bowman football card

| number = 43

| position = Fullback
Halfback

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|4|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|20|1927|4|15}}

| death_place = Lubbock, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 193

| college = Texas A&M
Oklahoma St.

| draftyear = 1948

| draftround = 25

| draftpick = 234

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1948|1956}})

| highlights =

• 2× NFL champion (1948, 1949)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 1,636

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.6

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 53

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 351

| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 21

| pfr = ParmJi20

}}

James Richard Parmer (April 25, 1927 – April 20, 2005) was an American professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for nine seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. He later worked as a scout.

Parmer served as an assistant coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team under DeWitt Weaver during the 1960 season.{{Cite web |url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/042605/col_042605013.shtml |title=Lubbock Online |access-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004183935/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/042605/col_042605013.shtml |url-status=dead }} Parmer subsequently worked as a scout in the NFL for 35 years. George Halas Jr. hired him as a professional scout for the Chicago Bears, where he helped draft several players who appeared on 1985 Bears roster that won Super Bowl XX.{{cite news |last=Pierson |first=Don |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/04/21/veteran-bears-scout-knew-talent/ |title=Veteran Bears scout knew talent |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 21, 2024 |access-date=December 27, 2024 }}{{cite news |last=Mortensen |first=Chris |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=mortensen_chris&id=2041960 |title=Parmer helped build '85 Bears |work=ESPN |date=April 20, 2005 |access-date=January 12, 2025 }}

Parmer died at the age of 79 in 2005 of natural causes. His grandson is Jeff Ireland, a football executive who was previously the general manager for the New Orleans Saints.