Jim Laird
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Born: | Montpelier, Vermont | September 10, 1897
Died: | August 16, 1970 Lebanon, Connecticut | (aged 72)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Holderness (NH) |
College: | Colgate |
Position: | Running back |
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Coaching stats at PFR |
James Tyler Laird (September 10, 1897 – August 16, 1970) was a professional American football player who played running back for the Rochester Jeffersons, the Buffalo All-Americans, the Canton Bulldogs, the Providence Steam Rollers, and the Staten Island Stapletons. In 1926, he was a player-coach for the Providence Steam Rollers. In 1921 Laird played for the New York Brickley Giants, however he is not listed as being on the team as he played for the Giants only when they played non-league opponents. He also played for the independent Union Quakers of Philadelphia in 1921.
Laird had a son, also named James Tyler Laird, who was the chair of the psychology department at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. James, Jr. married Geraldine Anderson of Montreal. The two raised two children. James, Jr. taught for a time at the army bases in Korea.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference ·
- 1897 births
- 1970 deaths
- American football running backs
- Buffalo All-Americans players
- Canton Bulldogs players
- Colgate Raiders football players
- New York Brickley Giants players
- Norwich Cadets football coaches
- Providence Steam Roller coaches
- Providence Steam Roller players
- Rochester Jeffersons players
- Staten Island Stapletons players
- Union Quakers of Philadelphia players
- People from Montpelier, Vermont
- Players of American football from Vermont
- American football running back, pre-1900 birth stubs