Jim Bakhtiar
| Virginia Cavaliers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Fullback, Placekicker |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 8, 1934 Tehran, Iran |
| Career history | |
| College | University of Virginia (1955–1957) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jamshid Abol Hassen "Jim" Bakhtiar (born January 8, 1934) is a former American football player. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and emigrated to the United States as a boy.[1][2] He attended the University of Virginia where he played college football at the fullback and placekicker positions for the Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1955 to 1957. In September 1956, he set an Atlantic Coast Conference single-game record with 210 rushing yards against VMI.[3] He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team back on its 1957 College Football All-America Team.[4] He later played in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders in 1958 before enrolling in medical school at the University of Virginia.
He graduated with a medical degree with an emphasis in psychiatry in 1963. He returned to Iran where he established the country's first modern psychiatric unit.[5] Following the Iranian Revolution, he fled to Turkey with his family and returned to the United States.[6]
References
- ^ "Beyond All-American: A half-century after his playing days, Bakhtiar honored again". University of Virginia Magazine.
- ^ Melinda Waldrop (September 14, 2007). "Long Run Of 'Good Fortune'". Daily Press.
- ^ "Bakhtiar Runs Wild in 18-0 Virginia Win". Star-News, Wilmington, N.C. September 23, 1956. p. 2C.
- ^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ "On the outside, looking in at a country in turmoil". The National. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "ESPN All-America Team 2006 - FWAA Alumni Award winner Jamshid "Jim" Bakhtiar, MD". November 28, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2016.