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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (1931–2003)}}
{{Infobox NFL player
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
|name=Jim Root
{{Infobox NFL biography
|image= Jim Root.jpeg
| name = Jim Root
|position=[[Quarterback]]
| image = Jim Root.jpeg
|number=9, 17
| number = 9, 17
|birth_date={{birth date|1931|8|17}}
| position = [[Quarterback]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2003|05|26|1931|08|17}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|8|17}}
|debutyear=1953
| birth_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.
|finalyear=1956
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|5|26|1931|8|17}}
|draftyear=1953
| death_place = [[Orange Park, Florida]], U.S.
|draftround=23
| high_school = [[Libbey High School|Libbey]] (Toledo, Ohio)
|draftpick=268
| college = [[Miami UniversityRedHawks football|Miami (OH)]]
| draftyear = 1953
|teams=<nowiki></nowiki>
| draftround = 23
* [[Arizona Cardinals|Chicago Cardinals]] (1953, 1956)
| draftpick = 268
|statlabel1=[[Touchdown|TD]]-[[Interception|INT]]
| pastteams =
|statvalue1=11-16
* [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] (1953, 1956)
|statlabel2=Yards
* [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (1954)
|statvalue2=1482
| pastcoaching =
|statlabel3=[[Passer rating|QB Rating]]
* [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]] (1958–1959)<br>Backfield
|statvalue3=51.0
* [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]] (1960–1963)<br>Backfield
|nfl=ROO692150
* [[Dartmouth Big Green football|Dartmouth]] (1964)<br>Offensive backfield
|pfr=
* [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]] (1965–1967)<br>Offensive backfield
|dbf=
* [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire]] (1968–1971)<br>Head coach
|birth_place=[[Toledo, Ohio]]
* [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary]] (1972–1979)<br>Head coach
| statlabel1 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue1 = 11–16
| statlabel2 = Passing yards
| statvalue2 = 1,482
| statlabel3 = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue3 = 51.0
| pfr =
}}
'''James Frederic Root''' (August 17, 1931 – May 26, 2003) was an American [[gridiron football]] player and coach. He played professionally as a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for two seasons with the [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] (1953, 1956) and in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) for one season with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (1954). Root served as the head football coach at the [[University of New Hampshire]] from 1968 to 1971 and at the [[College of William & Mary]] from 1972 to 1979, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 57–62–2 in 12 seasons. Root was a native of [[Toledo, Ohio]]. He played college football at [[Miami University]] under [[Woody Hayes]] and [[Ara Parseghian]]. Root began his coaching career in 1958 as the backfield coach at [[Tulane University]]. He moved to the [[University of Miami]] as backfield coach in 1960. Root then coached for one season, in 1964, as offensive backfield coach at [[Dartmouth College]], before moving to [[Yale University]], where he served in the same capacity for three seasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Hampshire Tabs Root As Head Football Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2638196/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/ |newspaper=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]] |location=[[San Bernardino, California]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |date=January 4, 1968 |page=D-4 |access-date=June 19, 2015 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
'''James Frederic Root''' (August 17, 1931{{spaced ndash}}May 26, 2003) was a professional [[American football]] [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]]. He played two seasons for the [[Arizona Cardinals|Chicago Cardinals]] (1953, 1956).
 
Root then coached college football at the [[University of New Hampshire]] and [[the College of William & Mary]], compiling a 57–62–2 record in 12 seasons.
 
==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire Wildcats]]
| conf = [[Yankee Conference]]
| startyear = 1968
| endyear = 1971
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1968 collegeNCAA College Division football season|1968]]
| name = [[1968 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T-1stT–1st
| bowl bowlname =
| bowlgame bowloutcome =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bowlscoreranking = no
| bcsbowl ranking2 = no
| ranking =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1969 collegeNCAA College Division football season|1969]]
| name = [[1969 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–5th
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1970 collegeNCAA College Division football season|1970]]
| name = [[1970 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1971 collegeNCAA College Division football season|1971]]
| name = [[1971 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = New Hampshire
| overall = 18–14–1
| confrecord = 11–9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary TribeIndians]]
| conf = [[Southern Conference]]
| startyear = 1972
| endyear = 19791976
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1972 collegeNCAA University Division football season|1972]]
| name = [[1972 William & Mary TribeIndians football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1973 collegeNCAA Division I football season|1973]]
| name = [[1973 William & Mary TribeIndians football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1974 collegeNCAA Division I football season|1974]]
| name = [[1974 William & Mary TribeIndians football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 6th
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1975 collegeNCAA Division I football season|1975]]
| name = [[1975 William & Mary TribeIndians football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 5th
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1976 collegeNCAA Division I football season|1976]]
| name = [[1976 William & Mary TribeIndians football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowl bowlname =
| bowlgame bowloutcome =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bowlscoreranking = no
| bcsbowl ranking2 = no
| ranking =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record EntrySubhead
| name = [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary Indians/Tribe]]
| championship =
| conf = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|NCAA Division I / I-A independent]]
| year = [[1977 college football season|1977]]
| startyear = 1977
| name = [[1977 William & Mary Tribe football team|William & Mary]]
| overall endyear = 6–51979
| conference =
| confstanding =
| ranking =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[19781977 NCAA Division I-AA football season|19781977]]
| name = [[19781977 William & Mary TribeIndians football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 5–5–16–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1978 NCAA Division I-A football season|1978]]
| name = [[1978 William & Mary Tribe football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 5–5–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1979 NCAA Division I-AAA football season|1979]]
| name = [[1979 William & Mary Tribe football team|William & Mary]]
| overall = 4–7
| conference =
| confstanding =
| ranking bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = William & Mary
| overall = 39–48–1
| confrecord = 14–11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 57–62–257–62–1
| bcs bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=jim-root |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=R/RootJi20 |rotoworld= }}
 
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Root, Jim
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player
| DATE OF BIRTH = August 17, 1931
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Toledo, Ohio]]
| DATE OF DEATH = May 26, 2003
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Root, Jim}}
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