Jamie Caleb

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Jamie Caleb
No. 36, 23, 37
Born: (1936-10-29) October 29, 1936 (age 87)
Calhoun, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
CFL status American
Position(s) HB, FB
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
College Grambling
NFL draft 1959, Round: 16, Pick: 191
Drafted by Cleveland Browns
Career history
As player
1960 Cleveland Browns (NFL)
1961 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)
1963 1963 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)
1965Cleveland Browns
1966 Philadelphia Bulldogs (ConFL)
Career highlights and awards

Jamie J. Caleb (born October 29, 1936) is an American former gridiron football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (CFL). He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963. [1] He played college football for the Grambling Tigers and was drafted in the 1959 NFL draft by Cleveland (Round 16, #191 overall). Caleb, a fullback, joined the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League (COFL) and because of injuries, he was also pressed into action as the place kicker. In the 1966 Continental Football League Championship Game at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia, he kicked the winning field goal for the Bulldogs to win the CFL Championship.

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References

  1. "Jamie Caleb football statistics on StatsCrew.com".