{{Short description|American football player (1919–2003)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography |image= |birth_date={{birth date|1919|8|11}} |birth_place=Tukwila, Washington |death_date={{death date and age|2003|02|4|1919|08|11}} |college=Central Washington |position=Offensive tackle |number=42 |playing_years1=1944 |playing_team1=Washington Redskins }}
'''James Morris North''' (August 11, 1919 – February 4, 2003) was an American professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Central Washington University. After his retirement from professional football, North coached at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, Washington.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Peter |date=March 7, 2003 |title=Frances North served her city, state |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20030307/northobit07m/frances-north-served-her-city-state |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=November 3, 2018}}</ref>
His wife, Frances, served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983, and led campaigns to save Mount Si from development. She died in March 2003, one month after her husband.<ref name="Times"/>
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