Jim Spruill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jim Spruill

American basketball player (1923-2006)

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1923

Place of Birth: Dublin, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2006

Profession: basketball player, American football player, American football coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

James Winfred Spruill (February 26, 1923 – January 8, 2006) was an American professional basketball and football player.
He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Indianapolis Jets in just one game during the 1948–49 BAA season.
In that game he scored two points and recorded three personal fouls.
His professional football career was longer, spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons in the All-America Football Conference.
Spruill played for the Baltimore Colts in 26 total games (starting 15 of them).
In college, Spruill had college basketball and college football at Rice University.
He was later a high school football coach, at Durango High School in Durango, Colorado, Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Arizona, and Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California.