Jim Parmer

Jim Parmer
	Parmer on a 1955 Bowman football card
Date of birth	April 25, 1927
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of death	April 20, 2005 (aged 77)
Place of death	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Fullback / halfback
US college	Oklahoma State
NFL draft	1948 / Round: 25 / Pick 234
Career history
As player
1948–1956	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
	2× NFL champion (1948, 1949);
Career stats
	Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com;

James Richard Parmer (April 25, 1927 – April 20, 2005) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) who played for nine seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. He later worked as a scout.

Parmer served as an assistant coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team under DeWitt Weaver during the 1960 season.^[1]

During the fourth episode of Hard Knocks, team General Manager Jeff Ireland revealed that Parmer was his grandfather.^{[citation needed]}

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