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Jim Benton

Benton, James Warren
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200
Born: September 25, 1916 Carthage, AR
Died: March 28, 2001 Pine Bluff, AR
High School: Fordyce (AR)

Year	College	Status
1934	Arkansas
1935	Arkansas	Lettered
1936	Arkansas	Lettered
1937	Arkansas	Lettered

Draft: 2nd round (11th overall) 1938 Cleveland Rams

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	26	LOE-LDE	11	9
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL	26	LOE-LDE	11	11
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	28	LOE-LDE	11	5
1942 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1942 CLE NFL	30	LOE-LDE	9	7
1943 Chicago Bears (NFL)1943 CHIB NFL	12	LOE-LDE	9	7
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	49	LOE-LDE	10	4
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	49	LOE-LDE	10	4
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	49	LOE	11	9
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	49	LOE	11	4
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL			93	60

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/12/1937	1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL
Signed		1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL
Allocated		1943 Chicago Bears (NFL)1943 CHIB NFL
Returned		1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1948	1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL

AWARDS
1945 Associated Press All-NFL
1945 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1945 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1945 New York Daily News All-NFL
1946 Associated Press All-NFL
1946 United Press All-NFL
1946 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1946 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1946 New York Daily News All-NFL
1946 Associated Press All-Pro
1946 Sportswriters, Inc. All-Pro

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1942 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1942 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1943 Chicago Bears (NFL)1943 CHIB NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	42
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	48	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	288

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL	7	19	2.7		0
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	8	19	2.4	0	0	0	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL		21		418	19.9		5
1939 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1939 CLE NFL		27		388	14.4		7
1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1940 CLE NFL		22		351	16.0		3
1942 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1942 CLE NFL		23		345	15.0	45	1
1943 Chicago Bears (NFL)1943 CHIB NFL		13		235	18.1	55	3
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL		39		505	12.9	36	6			0
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL		45		1067	23.7	84t	8
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL		63		981	15.6	57	6
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL		35		511	14.6	43	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		288		4801	16.7	84t	45			0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL	2		4	2.0	3	0	0	0
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	3		16	5.3	10	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5		20	4.0	10	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL							1
1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL							1
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4		1	0	1	0	2

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