June James (American football)
American football player (1962–1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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June James IV (December 2, 1962 – May 8, 1990) was an American football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts.
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born: | December 2, 1962 Jennings, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||
| Died: | May 8, 1990 (aged 27) Gonzales, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Kansas City (MO) Southeast | ||||
| College: | Texas | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 9 / pick: 230 | ||||
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James was born in Jennings, Louisiana and attended high school at Southeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He played college football at the University of Texas at Austin where he was an All-Southwest Conference linebacker.
He played in the East-West Shrine All-Star Game before being drafted by the Lions in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL draft.[2] He played for the Lions in 1985 and the Colts in 1987. In 1988 he moved to the Canadian Football League (CFL) where he spend a season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was injured in the summer of 1989 and had planned to return to football in the summer of 1990. James died in a single car crash near Gonzoles, Louisiana, in May 1990 when he was 27.
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