| Jim Dewar | |
| Number: | 94 |
| Position: | Halfback |
| Birth Date: | 17 June 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lbs: | 190 |
| High School: | Oak Park and River Forest |
| College: | Indiana |
| Draftyear: | 1947 |
| Draftround: | 19 |
| Draftpick: | 173 |
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| Statlabel1: | Games |
| Statvalue1: | 11 |
| Statlabel2: | Rushing yards |
| Statvalue2: | 64 |
| Pfr: | DewaJi20 |
James Alexander Dewar Jr. (June 17, 1922 – June 30, 1989) was an American football halfback who played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Dewar played for the Cleveland Browns in 1947 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948.
Dewar attended Indiana University, where he was a standout as a halfback on the school's football team starting as a sophomore in 1942.[1] He ran back a punt 90 yards for a touchdown in a 53–0 victory over Butler University that year. Dewar joined the U.S. Army in 1943 during World War II and played service football at Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois.[2] He was selected in 1944 to play in the College All-Star Game, a now-defunct matchup between the National Football League champion and a squad composed of the country's best college players.[3] After the war, Dewar returned for a final season at Indiana.[4]
Dewar was selected with the 173rd pick in the 1947 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams.[5] He instead joined the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference, who had selected him in the 1947 AAFC Draft along with former Indiana teammate Bob Cowan.[6] [7] The Browns finished the 1947 season with a 12–1–1 record and won the AAFC championship against the New York Yankees. After a year with the team, Dewar was sent to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played one season there before leaving football.