Jamie Caleb | |
Position1: | Halfback |
Position2: | Fullback |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1936 |
Birth Place: | Calhoun, Louisiana, U.S. |
Import: | yes |
Number: | 36, 23, 37 |
College: | Grambling |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 210 |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1959 |
Nfldraftedround: | 16 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 191 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Cleveland Browns |
Career Highlights: |
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Playing Years1: | 1960 |
Playing Team1: | Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
Playing Years2: | 1961 |
Playing Team2: | Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
Playing Years3: | - |
Playing Team3: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) |
Playing Years4: | 1965 |
Playing Team4: | Cleveland Browns |
Playing Years5: | 1966 |
Playing Team5: | Philadelphia Bulldogs (ConFL) |
Jamie J. Caleb (born October 29, 1936) is an American former gridiron football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (CFL). He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963.[1] He played college football for the Grambling Tigers and was drafted in the 1959 NFL draft by Cleveland (Round 16, #191 overall). Caleb, a fullback, joined the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League (COFL) and because of injuries, he was also pressed into action as the place kicker. In the 1966 Continental Football League Championship Game at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia, he kicked the winning field goal for the Bulldogs to win the CFL Championship.