John Jaffurs

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1923–1996)}}

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{{Infobox NFL player

| image =

| position = Guard

| number = 60

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|15}}

| birth_place = Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|11|28|1923|4|15}}

| death_place = South Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| high_school = Wilkinsburg

| college = Penn State

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 200

| draftyear = 1943

| draftround = 29

| draftpick = 280

| teams=

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1946}})

| pastcoaching =

• Washington and Lee (1947–1948) (line)
• Ithaca HS (NY) (head coach) (1949–1954)
• Cornell (1955–?) (assistant)

|highlights =

• Second-team All-American (1943)
• First-team All-Eastern (1943)
• Second-team All-Eastern (1942)

| statlabel1=Games played

| statvalue1=8

| statlabel2=Games started

| statvalue2=2

| statlabel3=Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3=1

| pfr = JaffJo20

}}

John James Jaffurs III (April 15, 1923 – November 28, 1996) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the Washington Redskins in 1946. Jaffurs played college football at Pennsylvania State University and was selected in the 29th round of the 1943 NFL draft.

Jaffurs was the oldest of seven children born to Greek immigrants. He grew up in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania and graduated from Wilkinsburg High School. During World War II, in the United States Army as a second lieutenant and wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. After playing in the NFL, Jaffurs worked as an assistant football coach at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He later coached at Ithaca High School and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Jaffurs died on November 28, 1996, at his home in South Park, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last=Ackerman |first=Jan |title=Former football player had successful coaching career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78770261/obituary-for-john-james-jaffurs-aged/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=December 2, 1996 |page=24 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}