Gerry James
Gerald Edwin James
Born: October 22, 1934
Regina, SK
Deceased: February 13, 2024
Position: FB/K,HB,HB/K
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180
College: Winnipeg HS
High School: Kelvin (Winnipeg, MB)
Career: 1952-1964
Gerry James played from 1952 to 1964 during his career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. James ran for 5,554 yards in his career on 995 attempts, scoring 58 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 58 passes for 727 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 25 | 2 |
| 1953 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 25 | 120 | 4.8 | 21 | 1 |
| 1954 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 106 | 576 | 5.4 | 71 | 4 |
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 189 | 1205 | 6.4 | 60 | 7 |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 197 | 1192 | 6.1 | 74 | 18 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 64 | 372 | 5.8 | 21 | 2 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 49 | 261 | 5.3 | 44 | 6 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 165 | 872 | 5.3 | 28 | 9 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 102 | 505 | 5.0 | 26 | 4 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 84 | 345 | 4.1 | 15 | 5 |
| 1964 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 995 | 5554 | 5.6 | 74 | 58 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 23 | 1 |
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | 136 | 12.4 | 27 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12 | 190 | 15.8 | 32 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 727 | 12.5 | 32 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | FGS | KO | Yds. | Avg. | Long | KOS | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 69 | 3719 | 53.9 | 77 | 1 | 17 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 19 | 978 | 51.5 | 64 | 0 | 21 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 40 | 2258 | 56.4 | 85 | 0 | 7 |
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 40 | 32 | 80.0 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 4 | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 58 | 0 | 54 |
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 37 | 27 | 73.0 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 4 | 6 | 308 | 51.3 | 56 | 0 | 55 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 47 | 41 | 87.2 | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 8 | 13 | 785 | 60.4 | 80 | 1 | 86 |
| 1964 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 33 | 27 | 81.8 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 2 | 18 | 926 | 51.4 | 80 | 0 | 44 |
| Totals | 179 | 143 | 79.9 | 77 | 40 | 51.9 | 19 | 169 | 9172 | 54.3 | 85 | 2 | 284 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 |
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 |
| Totals | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 41 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 52 | 517 | 9.9 | 27 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 38 | 357 | 9.4 | 20 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 104 | 950 | 9.1 | 27 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 |
| 1953 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
| 1954 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17 | 483 | 28.4 | 55 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 382 | 21.2 | 53 | 0 |
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 12 | 279 | 23.2 | 40 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 35 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 1463 | 24.0 | 55 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 1952 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| 1953 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 1954 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| 1955 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||||
| 1957 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 131 | |||||
| 1958 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| 1959 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 43 | ||||||
| 1960 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 114 | |||||||
| 1961 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 79 | |||||||
| 1962 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 41 | 9 | 116 | |||||||
| 1964 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 44 | |||||||
| Totals | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 143 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 662 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | |
| 1953 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 14 | |
| 1954 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1956 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 0 | |
| 1957 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
| 1958 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 6 | |
| 1959 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | |
| 1960 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
| 1961 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | |
| 1964 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10 |
Awards
1954 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian
1957 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian
Honors
1955 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1955 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1957 - CFL Coaches All-Star
1957 - CFL Shrine West All-Star
1957 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1958 - CFL Coaches All-Star
