James David Stephenson (October 22, 1925 – July 19, 1975) was a

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in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). He was selected by the

Los Angeles Rams The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play ...

in the fifteenth round of the 1950 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. The next five seasons he would play with the

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1925 births 1975 deaths American football offensive guards Los Angeles Rams players Green Bay Packers players West Virginia Mountaineers football players Players of American football from West Virginia People from Clendenin, West Virginia Sportspeople from Kanawha County, West Virginia {{offensive-lineman-1920s-stub