John Jaffurs

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John Jaffurs
No. 60
Position:
Wilkinsburg
College:Penn State
NFL draft:1943 / Round: 29 / Pick: 280
Career history
As a player:
  • Washington Redskins (1946
    )
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:8
Games started:2
Fumble recoveries:1

John James Jaffurs III (April 15, 1923 – November 28, 1996) was an

1943 NFL Draft
.

Jaffurs was the oldest of seven children born to Greek immigrants. He grew up in

Wilkinsburg High School. During World War II, in the United States Army as a second lieutenant and wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. After playing in the NFL, Jaffurs worked as an assistant football coach at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He later coached at Ithaca High School and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Jaffurs died on November 28, 1996, at his home in South Park, Pennsylvania.[1]

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