Jim Spruill

James Winfred Spruill (February 26, 1923 – January 8, 2006) was an American professional basketball and football player.[1][2] He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Indianapolis Jets in just one game during the 1948–49 BAA season.[1] In that game he scored two points and recorded three personal fouls.[1] His professional football career was longer, spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons in the All-America Football Conference.[2] Spruill played for the Baltimore Colts in 26 total games (starting 15 of them).[2] In college, Spruill had college basketball and college football at Rice University.[1] 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.[3]

Jim Spruill
Personal information
Born(1923-02-26)February 26, 1923
Dublin, Texas
DiedJanuary 8, 2006(2006-01-08) (aged 82)
Boulder City, Nevada
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolDublin
(Dublin, Texas)
CollegeRice (1941–1943, 1946–1948)
BAA draft1948 / Undrafted
PositionGuard
Career history
1948Indianapolis Jets
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

BAA career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played
 FG%  Field-goal percentage
 FT%  Free-throw percentage
 APG  Assists per game
 PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Year Team GP FG% FT% APG PPG
1948–49 Indianapolis 1.333.000.02.0
Career 1.333.000.02.0

References
  1. "Jim Spruill BAA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. "Jim Spruill NFL stats". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. Jordan, Ed (April 30, 1965). "AHS Loses Jim Spruill To Lompoc". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. p. 35. Retrieved October 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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