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| Position: | End |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 31, 1936 Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died: | May 16, 2004 (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Quincy (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| College: | Boston College |
| NFL Draft: | 1959 / Round: 30 / Pick: 353 |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
James Michael Colclough (March 31, 1936 – May 16, 2004) was an American football end in the American Football League (AFL).
Colclough played college football at Boston College. He then played one season (1959) in the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Alouettes (11 games in 1959) and was an original Boston Patriot in the American Football League's inaugural 1960 season. Colclough's ten receptions for touchdowns, and 21.7 yards per reception in 1962 earned him a spot on that year's American Football League All-Star team. He is a member of the Boston Patriots All-Decade 1960s Team.
Colclough had 283 receptions for 5,001 yards and 39 touchdowns for the Boston Patriots from 1960 to 1968. He caught a two-point pass in the Patriots 43–43 tie with the Oakland Raiders at Fenway Park on October 16, 1964, and caught a two-point pass in the Patriots 24–14 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Fenway Park on December 20, 1964.
As an end, he had four career carries for 51 yards and had two runs of 16 yards during the 1961 AFL season.
In the late 1960s, Colclough partnered with National Hockey League (NHL) star Derek Sanderson and famous "bachelor" Joe Namath as a proprietors of the "Bachelors III" restaurant.
Colclough served as the head football coach at Boston State College from 1978 to 1979. He died on May 16, 2004, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, from complications of hepatitis C.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Boston State Warriors (New England Football Conference) (1978–1979) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Boston State | 6–3 | 6–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1979 | Boston State | 4–5 | 4–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Boston State: | 10–8 | 10–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 10–8 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||