Place of birth Dallas, Texas Name Jim Parmer | ||
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Date of birth (1927-04-25)April 25, 1927 Date of death April 20, 2005(2005-04-20) (aged 77) Died April 20, 2005, Lubbock, Texas, United States Education Oklahoma State University–Stillwater |
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.
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