Jim Harness

{{Short description|American football player (born 1934)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jim Harness

| image =

| caption =

| image_size =

| number = 20

| position = Defensive back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|04|06}}

| birth_place = Dyersburg, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|05|26|1934|04|06}}

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 180

| high_school = Central (AR)

| college = Mississippi State

| draftyear = 1956

| draftround = 21

| draftpick = 247

| pastteams =

• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1956}})

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 1

| pfr = H/HarnJi20

}}

James Harness (April 6, 1934 – May 26, 2015) was an American football player who played for Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarnJi20.htm|title=Jim Harness NFL & AFL Football Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|access-date=2016-08-27}}

Harness died on May 26, 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brunswick-ga/jimmy-harness-6460381|title=Jimmy Harness|work=Dignity Memorial|access-date=October 20, 2024}} at the age of 81.