Position: Back | Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Name Jim Pederson | |
Date of birth: (1907-10-19)October 19, 1907 Date of death: August 14, 1978(1978-08-14) (aged 70) Place of death: Pawtucket, Rhode Island | ||
Place of birth: Harvey, North Dakota | ||
James Palmer Pederson (October 19, 1907 – August 14, 1978) was an American football back who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Minneapolis Red Jackets, Frankford Yellow Jackets and Chicago Bears. He played college football and basketball at Augsburg College. He attended Willmar High School in Willmar, Minnesota. Pederson was the head football coach at Augsburg from 1933 to 1934, accumulating an overall record of 0–10. He was also the athletic director at Augsburg from April 1933 to May 1938, and the school's basketball coach from 1934 to 1936. He was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Minnesota Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1976.
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