Jim Shorter

{{Short description|American football player (1938–2000)}}

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

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|6|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|06|01|1938|06|8}}

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| number = 40, 47, 21

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| position1 = Defensive back

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 185

| college = Detroit

| NFLDraftedYear = 1962

| NFLDraftedRound = 14

| NFLDraftedPick = 193

| NFLDraftedTeam =

| playing_years1 = 1962–1963

| playing_team1 = Cleveland Browns

| playing_years2 = 1964–1967

| playing_team2 = Washington Redskins

| playing_years3 = 1969

| playing_team3 = Pittsburgh Steelers

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| NFL-new = jimshorter/2525554

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James Shorter (June 8, 1938 – June 1, 2000) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Greg |title=NFL admits to flaws in pension system |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-19-sp-nflhearing19-story.html |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=19 September 2007}} for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Detroit and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1962 NFL draft.

He was a participant in the 1967 Cleveland Summit which was held in support of Muhammad Ali's draft refusal during the Vietnam War.