Jim Haluska
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Position: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Racine (WI) St. Catherine's | ||||||||
College: | Wisconsin | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1954 / Round: 30 / Pick: 354 | ||||||||
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James David Haluska (October 9, 1932 – September 20, 2012)[1] was an American football quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Selected in the 30th and final round (354th overall pick) of the 1954 NFL draft, he played in five games in the 1956 season, where he completed one of four passes for a total of eight yards.
Early life
Nicknamed "Bombo" in his youth,
Haluska represented Wisconsin in the 1955 Blue–Gray Football Classic and 1956 Senior Bowl. He also played in the 1956 Chicago Tribune College All-Star Game.
High school coaching career
As head coach at Don Bosco High School (later
Haluska was inducted into the UW Athletic Department Hall of Fame in 2012 and was a 2001 inductee of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.[2]
Awards and honors
- 1995 Don Bosco High School Hall of Fame[8]
- 1998 St. Catherine's High School Athletic Hall of Fame[9]
- 2001 WFCA Hall of Fame[2]
- 2011 St. Thomas More High School Athletic Hall of Fame[10]
- 2012 UW Athletic Department Hall of Fame[2]
- 2015 St. Thomas More High School creates "Coach Jim Haluska Wall of Champions"[11]
- 2021 Racine County Sports Hall of Fame[12]
References
- ^ "Jim Haluska Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ a b c d e "A winning life: Jim Haluska remembered". The Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. September 21, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ Trower, Ralph (2 March 1950). "Haluska, Bado, Puk, Selected on All-Catholic Cage Squad". The Journal Times. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Jan Uebelherr (September 21, 2012). "Haluska remembered as innovator, motivator during coaching years". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Catch meant More". The Milwaukee Sentinel. November 15, 1976. p. 8, part 2. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "St Thomas More High School to honor former Badger quarterback Haluska". Brookfield Now. July 14, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "James D. "Bombo" Haluska". Milwaukee Journal Sentiinel. September 22, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Jim Haluska". St. Thomas More High School. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Archived Halls of Fame". Racine St. Catherine's. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Coach Jim Haluska". St. Thomas More High School. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Wall of Champions". St. Thomas More High School. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ [email protected], PETER JACKEL. "Racine County Sports Hall of Fame: Jim Haluska was always a kid at heart". Journal Times. Retrieved 2021-12-06.