Jim Meade
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1914–1977)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| caption =
| number = 49
| position = Halfback
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 195
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|2|28}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|8|7|1914|2|28}}
| death_place = Clayton County, Georgia, U.S.
| draftyear =
| draftround =
| draftpick =
| high_school = Tome School
(North East, Maryland)
| college = Maryland
| teams =
- Washington Redskins (1939–1940)
| pastcoaching =
- Furman (1946–1951) (backfield)
| pastadmin =
- Furman (1949–1951) (athletic director)
|highlights =
}}
James Gordon Meade Jr. (February 28, 1914 – August 7, 1977) was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He played professionally as a halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1939 to 1945.
Meade played college football and lacrosse at the University of Maryland.
Biography
After serving as a paratrooper in World War II, Meade became the backfield coach for the football team at Furman University from 1946 to 1951. He was also the school's athletic director from 1949 to 1951.
Meade later helped to create the Peachtree City Recreation Department and was a board member of the McIntosh Arts Council in Peachtree City, Georgia.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-Player for Redskins James G. Meade Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37804096/the_atlanta_constitution/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution |location=Atlanta, Georgia |date=August 9, 1977 |page=21 |access-date=October 24, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Meade was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.[http://www.umterps.com/trads/md-wall-of-fame.html#hof University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame: All-Time Inductees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705120203/http://www.umterps.com/trads/md-wall-of-fame.html#hof |date=July 5, 2008 }}, University of Maryland, retrieved June 12, 2009.
References
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External links
- {{Footballstats |nfl=2520966 |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=M/MeadJi20 |rotoworld= }}
- {{Find a Grave|103711487}}
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Category:American football halfbacks
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Category:Washington Redskins players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II