Jim Parmer

Not to be confused with Jim Palmer.

Jim Parmer

Parmer on a 1955 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1927-04-25)April 25, 1927
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas
Date of death	April 20, 2005(2005-04-20) (aged 77)
Place of death	Lubbock, Texas
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 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 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.

During the fourth episode of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Miami Dolphins, team General Manager Jeff Ireland revealed that Parmer was his grandfather.

External links

• Parmer helped build '85 Bears
• Jim Parmer at Find a Grave and also here, with different date of birth