Jim Dunaway
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| Jim Dunaway | |
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| Date of birth: | September 3, 1941 |
| Place of birth: | Columbia, MS |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Defensive tackle |
| Jersey №: | 78 |
| College: | Mississippi |
| AFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 2 / 5th Pick |
| NFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 1 / Pick 3 |
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| 1963–1969 1970–1971 1972 |
AFL Buffalo Bills NFL Buffalo Bills NFL Miami Dolphins |
| Career highlights and Awards | |
| AFL All-Star: | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
James Kenneth Dunaway born September 3, 1941 in Columbia, Mississippi) was an American football player. A defensive tackle, he played college football at the University of Mississippi, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills, as part of a defensive line that held opposing runners without a rushing touchdown for a pro football record seventeen consecutive games in the 1964 and 1965 AFL seasons.
[edit] Murder Charge and Aftermath
In 1998, Dunaway's ex-wife, Nonniel Dunaway was found dead in a half-empty swimming pool. An autopsy revealed that she had a fractured skull and was unconscious when she was placed in the water by her assailant where she drowned. Prior to this event, Nonniel had won a divorce judgement which gave her more than 800 acres (3.2 km²) of property that the couple owned, $1800 a month in alimony and half of Dunaway's NFL pension. They had been divorced since 1995 and Dunaway was planning to appeal.
Dunaway was charged with her murder but a grand jury chose not to indict Dunaway of the charges. In response, his children filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that Dunaway was responsible for their mother's death. In 2002, Dunaway was found liable and ordered to pay $579,000 to his children.
Ironically, Dunaway had been a teammate of O.J. Simpson for three seasons.
[edit] See also
[1] Article about the suit.
[2] Article about the civil suit
[3] Article about his arrest.
[4] - Comedy site names Dunaway a member of the "All-Criminal Team"
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