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Jim Young

Young, James Norman
Position: WR-RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 205
Born: June 6, 1943 Hamilton, ON
High School: Westdale (Hamilton, ON)

Year	College	Status
1962	Queen's	Played
1963	Queen's	Played
1964	Queen's	Played

Draft: 1st round (1st overall) 1965 Toronto Argonauts

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL	34	HB	2	0
1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL	34	DB-SE	4	0
1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL	30	SB	16
1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1968 BC CFL	30	LOH	16
1969 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1969 BC CFL	30	LOH	15
1970 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1970 BC CFL	30	LOH	16
1971 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1971 BC CFL	30	ROH-FL	16
1972 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1972 BC CFL	30	SE	16
1973 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1973 BC CFL	30	WR	16
1974 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1974 BC CFL	30	SB	12
1975 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1975 BC CFL	30	RB	16
1976 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1976 BC CFL	30	SE	10
1977 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1977 BC CFL	30	WR	16
1978 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1978 BC CFL	30	WR	16
1979 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1979 BC CFL	30	WR	16
2 Years (NFL)2 Years NFL			6	0
13 Years (CFL)13 Years CFL			197

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	2/12/1965	1965 Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1965 TOR CFL
Signed	6/7/1965	1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL
Released		1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL
Taxi Squad		1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL
Activated	12/6/1965	1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL
Released (Injured)	10/6/1966	1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL
Signed	4/25/1967	1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL
Pro Draft	3/18/1974	1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL
Free Agent		1979 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1979 BC CFL

AWARDS
1972 Official All-CFL
1991 CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1974 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1974 BC CFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	30
1975 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1975 BC CFL	9	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		0	0	54
1976 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1976 BC CFL	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
1977 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1977 BC CFL	3	0	0		1		-	0	0		0	0	20
1978 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1978 BC CFL	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
1979 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1979 BC CFL	2	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	12
1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	48
1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1968 BC CFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
1969 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1969 BC CFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
1970 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1970 BC CFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
1971 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1971 BC CFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	42
1972 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1972 BC CFL	11	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	66
1973 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1973 BC CFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	18
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	68	0	0		1	0		0	0		0	0	410

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL	3	4	1.3	4	0		0	0
1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL	12	21	1.8	15	0		0	0
1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1968 BC CFL	46	244	5.3	17	1		0	0
1969 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1969 BC CFL	18	82	4.6	13	0		0	0
1970 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1970 BC CFL	30	171	5.7	24	1			0	0
1971 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1971 BC CFL	36	220	6.1	39	0			0
1973 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1973 BC CFL	11	49	4.5	9	1		0	0	0
1974 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1974 BC CFL	11	36	3.3	14	0		0	0
1975 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1975 BC CFL	7	27	3.9	7	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	4	1.3	4	0		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1974 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1974 BC CFL		30		610	20.3	86	5
1975 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1975 BC CFL		43		935	21.7	72	9
1976 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1976 BC CFL		18		327	18.2	78	2
1977 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1977 BC CFL		37		537	14.5	54	3
1978 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1978 BC CFL		25		343	13.7	44	2
1979 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1979 BC CFL		5		134	26.8	87	2
1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL		46		976	21.2	71	8
1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1968 BC CFL		51		698	13.7	46	1
1969 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1969 BC CFL		50		773	15.5	65	7
1970 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1970 BC CFL		54		1041	19.3	80	6					0
1971 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1971 BC CFL		55		793	14.4	60	7
1972 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1972 BC CFL		63		1362	21.6	73	11
1973 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1973 BC CFL		45		719	16.0	49	2					0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		522		9248	17.7	87	65					0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1977 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1977 BC CFL	1	12	12.0	12	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	1	12	12.0	12	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL	4	0	7	1.8	5	0	0	0
1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL	2	2	7	3.5	6	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	2	14	2.3	6	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL	4		78	19.5	28	0		0
1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1966 MIN NFL	5		105	21.0	25	0		0	0
1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL	11	-	251	22.8	33	0		0
1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1968 BC CFL	5	-	143	28.6	38	0		0
1969 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1969 BC CFL	4	-	112	28.0	39	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	9		183	20.3	28	0		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	20		506	25.3	39	0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)1965 MIN NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1967 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1967 BC CFL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1968 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1968 BC CFL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
1969 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1969 BC CFL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1970 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1970 BC CFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1971 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1971 BC CFL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1973 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1973 BC CFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1978 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1978 BC CFL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	7	6	3	0	3	0	0

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