Jim Gaffney

{{Short description|American football player (1921–2015)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Jim Gaffney.jpg

| number = 34

| position = Quarterback
Halfback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|04|26}}

| birth_place = Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|8|9|1921|4|26}}

| death_place = Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 204

| high_school = Allegany
(Cumberland, Maryland)

| college = Tennessee

| draftyear = 1944

| draftround = 15

| draftpick = 149

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1945|1946}})

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 90

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.5

| statlabel3 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = GaffJi20

}}

James Thomas Gaffney Jr. (April 26, 1921 – August 9, 2015) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins in 1945 and 1946.{{Cite web |title=James T. Gaffney (Cumberland) |url=https://obituaries.times-news.com/obituary/james-gaffney-760335051 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |website=Cumberland Times-News}} In Week 3 of the 1946 season against Detroit, he scored a receiving touchdown from Sammy Baugh.{{Cite web |title=Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins - October 6th, 1946 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194610060was.htm |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1944 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=Jim Gaffney Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GaffJi20.htm |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}