Jim Schrader

No. 51

Position:

Center
Tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

June 8, 1932

Place of birth:

Weston, West Virginia

Date of death:

January 1972 (age 39)

Career information

College:

Notre Dame

NFL Draft:

1954 / Round: 2 / Pick: 20

Career history

Washington Redskins (1954–1961)
Philadelphia Eagles (1962–1964)

Career highlights and awards

3x Pro Bowl selection (1958-59, 1961)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	116
Fumble recoveries:	3
Player stats at NFL.com

James Lee Schrader (June 8, 1932 – January 1972) was an American football center and tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles from 1954 to 1964.

Schrader attended and played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was then drafted by the Redskins in the second round of the 1954 NFL Draft.

With the nickname "Big Jim" and listed at 6'-2" and 244 lbs, Schrader played in 116 NFL games, starting 48 of them.^[1]

Even though, in his 10-year career, Jim never played for a team that finished with a winning record.^[2] he was a Pro Bowl selection in 1958, 1959 and 1961.

College years

After graduating from Scott Township High School in Carnegie, PA, he went on to the University of Notre Dame, where he played under head coach Frank Leahy who was the former line coach for the Seven Blocks of Granite and played shoulder-to-shoulder with Tackle Art Hunter Guard Menil Mavraides, and Fullback Neil Worden as the main blockers for Heisman Trophy winning running back Johnny Lattner.

His Senior year, the 1953 Notre Dame finished the season 9-1, and had an unprecedented 12 players drafted to '54 NFL.

Before the start of the 1954 NFL season, Schrader, joined four of his Fighting Irish classmates, in the 1954 summer classic College All-Star Game, where they lost 31 to 6 to the Detroit Lions in front of 93,000 fans.^[3]

References

Washington Redskins 1954 NFL Draft selections

Steve Meilinger Jim Schrader Ralph Felton Billy Wells Bill McHenry Harry Jagielski Bill Marker Jerry Minnick Merrill Green Gene Wilson Ben Dunkerley Roger Dornburg Roger Nelson Hugh Merck Gilmer Spring Jerry Coody Walt Cudzik Jerry Witt Sam Morley John Cavaglieri Max Schmaling Pete Carrieri Will Renfro George Rosso Dorsey Gibson Ken Yarborough Ron Hansen Ted Kress Don Rondou

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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