American football player
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||
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| Born: | (1927-05-23)May 23, 1927 Ansonville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||
| Died: | September 16, 1993(1993-09-16) (aged 66) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||
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| High school: | Greensboro (NC) | ||||
| College: | Wake Forest | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1951 / round: 2 / pick: 21 | ||||
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James Brooks Staton Jr. (May 23, 1927 – September 16, 1993) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the second round of the 1951 NFL draft.
His greatest success came in Canadian football as a member of the Montreal Alouettes, where he played for five seasons (49 regular season games) and was selected an All-Star twice.
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- People from Ansonville, North Carolina
- American football defensive tackles
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons football players
- Washington Redskins players
- Montreal Alouettes players
- Players of Canadian football from North Carolina
- Players of American football from Greensboro, North Carolina
- Grimsley High School alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs