{{Short description|American football player (1921–2015)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = Jim Gaffney.jpg | number = 34 | position = Quarterback, halfback | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|04|26}} | birth_place = Cumberland, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|8|9|1921|4|26}} | death_place = Cumberland, Maryland, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 204 | high_school = Allegany (Cumberland) | college = Tennessee | draftyear = 1944 | draftround = 15 | draftpick = 149 | pastteams = * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1945|1946}}) | statlabel1 = Rushing yards | statvalue1 = 90 | statlabel2 = Rushing average | statvalue2 = 3.5 | statlabel3 = Total touchdowns | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = GaffJi20 }}

'''James Thomas Gaffney Jr. ''' (April 26, 1921 – August 9, 2015) was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins in 1945 and 1946.<ref>{{Cite web |title=James T. Gaffney (Cumberland) |url=https://obituaries.times-news.com/obituary/james-gaffney-760335051 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |website=Cumberland Times-News}}</ref> In Week 3 of the 1946 season against Detroit, he scored a receiving touchdown from Sammy Baugh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Detroit Lions at Washington Redskins - October 6th, 1946 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194610060was.htm |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1944 NFL draft with the 149th overall pick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Gaffney Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GaffJi20.htm |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

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