Jim Gillette
James Thomas Gillette Jr.
Born: December 19, 1917
Courtland, VA USA
Deceased: January 9, 1990
Richmond, VA
Position: HB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
College: Virginia
High School: Courtland (Spotsylvania, VA)
Career: 1940-1948
Drafted: 1940 in Round 18, #169 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Jim Gillette played from 1940 to 1948 during his career with the Boston Yanks, Cleveland Rams, Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. Gillette ran for 831 yards in his career on 172 attempts, scoring 4 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 24 passes for 376 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
1944 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 26 | 131 | 5.0 | 58 | 2 |
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 63 | 390 | 6.2 | 52 | 1 |
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 46 | 1 |
1947 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 50 | 207 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 172 | 831 | 4.8 | 58 | 4 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 60 | 1 |
1947 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 12 | 224 | 18.7 | 50 | 1 |
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 376 | 15.7 | 60 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 51 | 0 |
1947 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 11 | 168 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 309 | 13.4 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 4 | 115 | 28.8 | 38 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
1947 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 29 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 290 | 20.7 | 38 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
1948 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1947 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1944 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
1946 | NFL Boston Yanks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
1947 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Totals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 4 | 0 |
1944 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 7 | 2 |
1945 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 10 | 7 |
1946 | NFL | Boston Yanks | 11 | 4 |
1947 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 1 |
1948 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 2 |
Honors
1945 - International News Service All-NFL (1st Team)