Jim Mooty
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| Position: | Safety | ||||
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| Date of birth: | June 15, 1937 | ||||
| Place of birth: | El Dorado, Arkansas | ||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 177 lb (80 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | El Dorado (AR) | ||||
| College: | Arkansas | ||||
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1960 / Round: 2 Pick: First Selections (by the New York Titans) |
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| Games played: | 7 |
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James W. Mooty (born June 15, 1937) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He was selected 1st team All-American by the Associated Press in 1959 while playing college football for the University of Arkansas.
Mooty attended El Dorado High School where he was a four-sport athlete. He was named to the football All-state team three years in a row and was a prep All-American as a senior.
He accepted a scholarship from the University of Arkansas, where he was an All-American running back for head coach Frank Broyles and a teammate of Lance Alworth, Wayne Harris and Barry Switzer.
As a junior, he left school and went back home after the sixth loss of the season. Switzer, Mooty's roommate went along with Broyles to ask him to return. The team also voted to take Mooty back after losing two games.
In 1959, he nearly quit football again because of head injuries, but came back to have his best season registering 519 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns (led the league). He helped his team win the Southwest Conference Co-Championship with a 9-2 record, which included the clinching touchdown run against Texas A&M University. He was the Most Valuable Player in the 1960 Gator Bowl after scoring the winning touchdown, with a 19-yard run against Georgia Tech University, still considered to be a storied play in school history.
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