James Thomas Gaffney, Jr. (April 26, 1921 – August 9, 2015) was an

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in the

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for the

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in 1945 and 1946. He played

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at the

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and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the

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.Jim Gaffney Football Statistics
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References

1921 births 2015 deaths American football quarterbacks United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II Players of American football from Maryland Sportspeople from Cumberland, Maryland Tennessee Volunteers football players Washington Redskins players United States Army Air Forces officers Wilmington Clippers players {{quarterback-1920s-stub