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Jim Finks

Finks, James Edward
Height: 5-11 Weight: 175
Born: August 31, 1927 St. Louis, MO

Year	College	Status
1945	Tulsa	Roster
1946	Tulsa	Played
1947	Tulsa	Played
1948	Tulsa	Played

Draft: 4th round (22nd overall) 1949 Chicago Hornets; 12th round (116th overall) 1949 Pittsburgh Steelers

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL	44	TB-LDH	11	0
1950 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1950 PIT NFL	7	LDH-TB	9	9
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	7	S-RDH-TB	12	12
1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1952 PIT NFL	7	QB-P	12	12
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1953 PIT NFL	7	QB	12	9
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1954 PIT NFL	7	QB	12	12
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	7	QB	12	12
1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU	81	QB	7
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			80	66
1 Year (CFL)1 Year CFL			7

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	12/21/1948	1949 Chicago Hornets (AAFC)1949 CHI AAFC
Draft	12/21/1948	1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL
Signed		1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC
Released	8/11/1949	1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC)1949 BNY AAFC
Signed	8/28/1949	1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL
Free Agent	5/1/1956	1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL
Signed	2/19/1957	1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU
Free Agent		1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU

AWARDS
1995 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1952 PIT NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1953 PIT NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	14	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	84
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1	0	0					0	0		0	0	6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL	35	135	3.9	38	1			0	0
1950 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1950 PIT NFL	1	2	2.0	2	0		0	0	0
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	3	27	9.0	22	0			0
1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1952 PIT NFL	23	37	1.6	20t	5			0
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1953 PIT NFL	12	0	0.0	4t	2		0	0
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1954 PIT NFL	9	17	1.9	6	0		0	0
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	35	76	2.2	9	4		0	0
1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU	20	-25	-1.3	13	1		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	118	294	2.5	38	12		0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL	71	24	33.8	39	322	4.5	13.4	35t	2	2.8	8	11.3		19			0	19.0
1950 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1950 PIT NFL	9	5	55.6	3	35	3.9	7.0	19	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0		0	0	25.0
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	24	14	58.3	9	201	8.4	14.4	40t	1	4.2	1	4.2		9				82.1
1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1952 PIT NFL	336	158	47.0	159	2307	6.9	14.6	60t	20	6.0	19	5.7		252				66.2
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1953 PIT NFL	292	131	44.9	147	1484	5.1	11.3	77t	8	2.7	14	4.8		100				49.8
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1954 PIT NFL	306	164	53.6	123	2003	6.5	12.2	78t	14	4.6	19	6.2		49				63.4
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	344	165	48.0	153	2270	6.6	13.8	62t	10	2.9	26	7.6		143				47.7
1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU	125	63	50.4	52	799	6.4	12.7	67	6	4.8	10	8.0						53.4
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1382	661	47.8	633	8622	6.2	13.0	78t	55	4.0	88	6.4	0	572		0	0	54.7
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	125	63	50.4	52	799	6.4	12.7	67	6	4.8	10	8.0						53.4

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL		1		17	17.0	17t	1	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		1		17	17.0	17t	1	1	0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL	1	14	14.0	14	0
1950 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1950 PIT NFL	3	24	8.0	24	0
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	3	46	15.3	25t	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	7	84	12.0	25t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1952 PIT NFL	4	156	39.0	50	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	156	39.0	50	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	1		20	20.0	13	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1		20	20.0	13	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1949 PIT NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1951 PIT NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1952 PIT NFL	7		2	0	2	0	0
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1953 PIT NFL	3		1	0	1	0	0
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1954 PIT NFL	4		2	0	2	0	0
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	5		1	0	1	0	0
1957 Calgary Stampeders (WIFU)1957 CAL WIFU	2			0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	20	0	6	1	7	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	2			0	0	0	0

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