Jim Germany

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1953)}}

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{{Infobox CFL biography

|name=Jim Germany

|number=25

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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|2|2}}

|birth_place= New Waverly, Texas, U.S.

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|status=Retired

|import=yes

|position1=Running back

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|College=New Mexico State

| high_school = DeWitt Clinton High School

|NFLDraftedYear=1975

|NFLDraftedRound=2

|NFLDraftedPick=46

|NFLDraftedTeam=St. Louis Cardinals

|career_highlights=

• 5× Grey Cup champion (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)

|Awards={{CFL Year|1979}} Eddie James Memorial Trophy

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|Records=Eskimos Records

• Most Rushing Touchdowns – Season (18) – 1981
• Most Rushing Touchdowns – Game (4) – August 1, 1981

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|CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|1981}}

|CFLWestAllStar={{CFL Year|1981}}

|playing_years1={{NFL Year|1975}}

|playing_team1=St. Louis Cardinals*

|playing_years2={{NFL Year|1975}}

|playing_team2=Green Bay Packers*

|playing_years3={{NFL Year|1976}}

|playing_team3=Dallas Cowboys*

|playing_years4={{CFL Year|1977}}–{{CFL Year|1983}}

|playing_team4=Edmonton Eskimos (CFL)

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Jim Germany (born February 2, 1953), is a former star running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL).{{cite news |title=Jim Germany OK for Sunday |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1YIuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nKEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6079,1780106&dq=jim-germany&hl=en |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=22 November 1977 |access-date=19 December 2010}}

He played his college football at New Mexico State University, where he inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. He was drafted by the National Football League (NFL)'s St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd Round of the 1975 NFL Draft, 46th overall. He was signed by the Cardinals and then traded to the Packers at the start of the season. The Packers released him a week later. The next year he was signed and released by the Dallas Cowboys and in the spring he was signed by the Eskimos.{{cite news |title=Ex-NFL back Joins Eskimos |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=1 May 1976}}

His seven-year career with the Edmonton Eskimos, starting in 1977, saw him paired with Neil Lumsden and quarterbacks Warren Moon and Tom Wilkinson. Together they formed the backfield backbone of the Eskimos' 5 Grey Cup championship dynasty.[http://www.esks.com/page/history-honourroll Edmonton Eskimos All-Time Roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204000110/http://esks.com/page/history-honourroll |date=2014-12-04 }} Germany rushed for 1,000 yards 3 times, 1004 yards in 1977, 1324 yards in 1979, and 1019 yards in 1980, and he was an all star in 1981.1981 CFL Record Book In 1981, he tied a CFL record with 18 rushing touchdowns.

In 2022 Germany was inducted into the Edmonton Elks Wall of Honour.

{{cite web |url=https://www.goelks.com/elks-wall-of-honour-class-of-2022/ |title=Elks Wall of Honour Class of 2022 |publisher=Edmonton Elks |date=2022-08-16 |accessdate=2022-09-14 }}