James Patrick "Jim" Seymour (November 24, 1946 – March 29, 2011) was an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft

1969 NFL Draft

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, 10th pick overall. In 1974 he played for the Chicago Fire of the WFL.

Seymour played high school football

High school football

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 at Shrine of the Little Flower High School

Shrine Catholic High School

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, Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak, Michigan

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, and college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 at Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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, where he was a two-time First-team All-American (1967

1967 College Football All-America Team

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, 1968

1968 College Football All-America Team

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) while also being a Second-team All-America selection in 1966. He was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in the October 28th, 1966 issue http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19661028,00.html, along with Terry Hanratty

Terry Hanratty

Terrence Hugh "Terry" Hanratty was a former professional American football quarterback in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, he earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team....

. He was the older brother of former professional football player Paul Seymour.

WNDU - Irish Legend

External links

• Obituary
• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/sports/football/01seymour.html?scp=1&sq=jim%20seymour&st=cse