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Position: | Halfback | ||||
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Born: | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. | June 17, 1922||||
Died: | June 30, 1989 | (aged 67)||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Oak Park and River Forest High School | ||||
College: | Indiana | ||||
NFL draft: | 1947 / Round: 19 / Pick: 173 | ||||
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James Alexander Dewar Jr. (June 17, 1922 – June 30, 1989) was an American football halfback who played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Dewar played for the Cleveland Browns in 1947 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948.
Dewar attended Indiana University, where he was a standout as a halfback on the school's football team starting as a sophomore in 1942.[1] He ran back a punt 90 yards for a touchdown in a 53–0 victory over Butler University that year.[1] Dewar joined the U.S. Army in 1943 during World War II and played service football at Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois.[2] He was selected in 1944 to play in the College All-Star Game, a now-defunct matchup between the National Football League champion and a squad composed of the country's best college players.[3] After the war, Dewar returned for a final season at Indiana.[4]
Dewar was selected with the 173rd pick in the 1947 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.[5] He instead joined the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference, who had selected him in the 1947 AAFC Draft along with former Indiana teammate Bob Cowan.[6][7] The Browns finished the 1947 season with a 12–1–1 record and won the AAFC championship against the New York Yankees.[8] After a year with the team, Dewar was sent to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played one season there before leaving football.[5]