His seven-year career with the Edmonton Eskimos, starting in 1977, saw him paired with Neil Lumsden and quarterbacks Warren Moon and Tom Wilkinson. Together they formed the backfield backbone of the Eskimos' 5 Grey Cup championship dynasty.[2] Germany rushed for 1,000 yards 3 times, 1004 yards in 1977, 1324 yards in 1979, and 1019 yards in 1980, and he was an all star in 1981.[3] In 1981, he tied a CFL record with 18 rushing touchdowns.
In 2022 Germany was inducted into the Edmonton Elks Wall of Honour. [4]
Referencesedit
^"Jim Germany OK for Sunday". The Montreal Gazette. 22 November 1977. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
^Edmonton Eskimos All-Time Roster 2014-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
germany, born, february, 1953, former, star, running, back, canadian, football, league, 25born, 1953, february, 1953, waverly, texas, career, informationstatusretiredcfl, statusamericanposition, rbcollegenew, mexico, statenfl, draft1975, round, pick, 46drafted. Jim Germany born February 2 1953 is a former star running back in the Canadian Football League CFL 1 Jim GermanyNo 25Born 1953 02 02 February 2 1953 age 71 New Waverly Texas U S Career informationStatusRetiredCFL statusAmericanPosition s RBCollegeNew Mexico StateNFL draft1975 Round 2 Pick 46Drafted bySt Louis CardinalsCareer historyAs player1977 1983Edmonton Eskimos CFL Career highlights and awardsGrey Cup champion 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 CFL All Star1981CFL West All Star1981Awards1979 Eddie James Memorial TrophyRecordsEskimos Records Most Rushing Touchdowns Season 18 1981 Most Rushing Touchdowns Game 4 August 1 1981 He played his college football at New Mexico State University where he inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994 Drafted by the National Football League NFL s St Louis Cardinals in 1975 in the 2nd round 46th overall he never played in the NFL and came to Canada His seven year career with the Edmonton Eskimos starting in 1977 saw him paired with Neil Lumsden and quarterbacks Warren Moon and Tom Wilkinson Together they formed the backfield backbone of the Eskimos 5 Grey Cup championship dynasty 2 Germany rushed for 1 000 yards 3 times 1004 yards in 1977 1324 yards in 1979 and 1019 yards in 1980 and he was an all star in 1981 3 In 1981 he tied a CFL record with 18 rushing touchdowns In 2022 Germany was inducted into the Edmonton Elks Wall of Honour 4 References edit Jim Germany OK for Sunday The Montreal Gazette 22 November 1977 Retrieved 19 December 2010 Edmonton Eskimos All Time Roster Archived 2014 12 04 at the Wayback Machine 1981 CFL Record Book Elks Wall of Honour Class of 2022 Edmonton Elks 2022 08 16 Retrieved 2022 09 14 nbsp This biographical article relating to a Canadian football running back is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Germany amp oldid 1209721862, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
