James Norman Karcher (May 2, 1914 – August 19, 1997) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
offensive lineman for the
Boston/Washington Redskins 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 ...
and the
Columbus Bullies
The Columbus Bullies were a professional football team founded by Phil H. Bucklew in Columbus, Ohio in 1938. The Bullies started out as a member of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) in 1939. Later, in 1940, the Bullies joined ...
in the
American Football League, making the AFL All-League team for 1940. He played
college football at
Ohio State University
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.
1914 births
1997 deaths
People from Forest, Ohio
American football offensive guards
Ohio State Buckeyes football players
Boston Redskins players
Washington Redskins players
Columbus Bullies players
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