Jim Opperman

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

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jim Opperman

| number = 54

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|18}}

| birth_place = Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 220

| high_school = Lakewood

| college = Colorado State

| undraftedyear = 1975

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1975}})

| pfr = OppeJi20

}}

James Jay Opperman (born December 18, 1953) is a former American football linebacker who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in 1975. He played college football at Colorado State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OppeJi20.htm |title=Jim Opperman Stats |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 21, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/players/jim-opperman/ |title=Jim Opperman, LB |work=Nfl.com |access-date=August 21, 2023}}

Opperman played 10 games for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1975 season, only making a single kick-off return for 15 yards.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1975nflphi.html | title=1975 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) - Pro Football Archives }} He debuted on Sunday September 21 against the New York Giants at home and played his last game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday November 23, 1975 at home.{{cite web | url=https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/player/jim-opperman-15611/game-log | title=Jim Opperman Game Log }} He was dropped from the playing squad in November.

Since 1978, he has been a Colorado high school wrestling coach.{{cite web | url=https://sites.google.com/view/fairviewwrestling/coaches | title=Knights - Coaches }}