Jim Furey

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1932–2024)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL player

|name=Jim Furey

|image=

|caption=

|birth_date={{birth date|1932|09|22}}

|birth_place=Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2024|01|28|1932|09|22}}

|death_place=Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.

|import=yes

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=0

|Weight_lbs=228

|CIS=

|college=Kansas State

|position1=Linebacker

|NFLDraftedYear = 1956

|NFLDraftedRound = 13

|NFLDraftedPick = 157

|NFLDraftedTeam = Cleveland Browns{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CLE&yr=1956&lg=nfl |title=1956 Cleveland Browns |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206095052/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CLE&yr=1956&lg=nfl |access-date= July 7, 2020|url-status=usurped |archive-date=2007-02-06 }}

|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1958}}

|playing_team1= Calgary Stampeders

|playing_years2={{CFL Year|1959}}–{{CFL Year|1960}}

|playing_team2= BC Lions

|playing_years3=1961

|playing_team3= New York Titans

|career_highlights =

• 2× Second-team All-Big Seven (1954, 1955)

}}

James Andrew Furey (September 22, 1932 – January 28, 2024) was an American gridiron football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, BC Lions and New York Titans. He played college football at Kansas State University.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=fureyjim001| title = James Furey football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FureJi20.htm|title = Jim Furey Stats|website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}} Furey died in Livingston, New Jersey on January 28, 2024, at the age of 91.{{cite web |title=James Andrew Furey |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/livingston-nj/james-furey-11644820 |website=Dignity Memorial |access-date=23 February 2024}}