Jim Copeland (American football)
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American football player and college athletics administrator (1945–2010)
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| Date of birth | (1945年03月05日)March 5, 1945 |
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| Place of birth | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Date of death | June 4, 2010(2010年06月04日) (aged 65) |
| Place of death | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| US college | Virginia |
| NFL draft | 1967 / round: 10 / Pick 255 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1967–1974 | Cleveland Browns |
Wyatt James Copeland Jr. (March 5, 1945 – June 4, 2010) was an American football player and college athletics administrator. He played as an offensive lineman for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Copeland was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1945 and attended the University of Virginia. He was drafted in the tenth round by the Cleveland Browns in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft.
Copeland later served as the athletic director at the College of William & Mary, the University of Utah, the University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University (SMU).
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