Jim Parmer

Jim Parmer

Parmer on a 1955 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1927-04-25)April 25, 1927
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of death	April 20, 2005(2005-04-20) (aged 77)
Place of death	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Fullback / halfback
US college	Oklahoma State
NFL draft	1948 / round: 25 / Pick 234
Career history
As player
1948–1956	Philadelphia Eagles
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1948, 1949)
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

James Richard Parmer (April 25, 1927 – April 20, 2005) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) 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.^[1] Parmer subsequently worked as a scout in the NFL for 35 years. George Halas Jr. hired him as a professional scout for the Chicago Bears, where he helped draft several players who appeared on 1985 Bears roster that won Super Bowl XX.^[2][3]

Parmer died at the age of 79 in 2005 of natural causes.^[3] His grandson is Jeff Ireland, a football executive who was previously the general manager for the New Orleans Saints.^[3]

• Jim Parmer at Find a Grave

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