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Classic Sports Card of The Day

27 Dec

61fleerjimshofner

1961 Fleer football card of former NFL defensive back Jim Shofner, who played 6 seasons in the league as a starting cornerback for the Cleveland Browns. He retired as a player following the 1963 season, the same year Cleveland fired legendary coach Paul Brown. He dabbled in insurance early on in his retirement, then went into coaching, where he worked for 30 years in various capacities for his alma mater, Texas Christian, and for 7 pro football teams. Ironically, even though he played cornerback as a player, he spent most of his coaching career working on the offensive side of the ball, including his final stop, with the Buffalo Bills, where he was quarterback coach/offensive coordinator from 1992 until 1996.

 

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