Jim Meade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Meade

American football player

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1977

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

James Gordon Meade Jr.
(February 28, 1914 – August 7, 1977) was an American football player and 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. After serving as a paratrooper in World War II, Mead was 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.Meade was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.