| Birth Date: | June 8, 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Number: | 40, 47, 21 |
| Position1: | Defensive back |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| College: | Detroit |
| Nfldraftedyear: | 1962 |
| Nfldraftedround: | 14 |
| Nfldraftedpick: | 193 |
| Playing Years1: | 1962–1963 |
| Playing Team1: | Cleveland Browns |
| Playing Years2: | 1964–1967 |
| Playing Team2: | Washington Redskins |
| Playing Years3: | 1969 |
| Playing Team3: | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Nfl-New: | jimshorter/2525554 |
| Databasefootball-Archive: | https://web.archive.org/web/20151102235110/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SHORTJIM01 |
James Shorter (June 8, 1938 – June 1, 2000) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League[1] for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Detroit and was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1962 NFL draft.
He was a participant in the 1967 Cleveland Summit which was held in support of Muhammad Ali's draft refusal during the Vietnam War.