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Jim Barber 1998 Deaths

Jim BarberAge: 85 a former All-Star with the Washington Redskins who played in the most lopsided game in NFL history; played tackle from 1935-1941 and started on the 1940 Washington team…

Jim Elder 1998 Deaths

Jim ElderAge: 73 longtime broadcaster (1960-93) for the Arkansas Travelers, a minor league baseball team; he was sports director at radio station KARN and was reading sports news on the…

Jim Hearn 1998 Deaths

Jim HearnAge: 77 “Big Jim,” who stood 6-foot-5, 205 pounds, pitched for 13 seasons with St. Louis, Philadelphia and the NY Giants; won Game 3 of the 1951 World Series after compiling a 17-9…

Jim Murray 1998 Deaths

Jim MurrayAge: 78 untouchable wit and an unmatched frankness in his writing distinguished Murray as one of the century's best sports columnists; his more than 50 years experience as a sports…

Jim Davis 2000 Deaths

Jim DavisAge: 103 motorcycling pioneer who was part of the first class inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998; won more than 70 nationally sanctioned races and six national titles…

Jim Blevins 2000 Deaths

Jim BlevinsAge: 65 former Alabama lineman and assistant coach and head coach at Jacksonville St.; assistant coach at Alabama (1962-63), Jacksonville St. (1964), and UTEP (1969-71); head coach…

James (Jim) Carroll Biography

writer and punk rockerBorn: August 1, 1949Died: September 11, 2009 (New York, USA) Best Known as: Punk rocker, poet, and author of "The Basketball Diaries…

Jim Benton 2001 Deaths

Jim BentonAge: 84 Arkansas Razorbacks football star, NFL great and former coach at Arkansas A&M (now Ark.-Monticello); two-time All-Pro and member of the NFL all-decade team for the 1940s…

Jim Thompson 2002 Deaths

Jim ThompsonAge: 60 CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), who came out of retirement in January to fill the post left vacant by Carol Anne Letheren, who died in February 2001;…

Jim Baen 2006 Deaths

Jim BaenAge: 62 influential publisher of science fiction at Ace, Tor, and his own Baen Books. He also championed the publication of unencrypted ebooks in a variety of formats. Died: Highlands…