{{Short description|American football player (1927–1993)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jim Staton | number = 72, 63 | position = Defensive tackle | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|5|23}} | birth_place = Ansonville, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1993|09|16|1927|05|23}} | death_place = Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 246 | high_school = Greensboro (NC) | college = Wake Forest | draftyear = 1951 | draftround = 2 | draftpick = 21 | pastteams = * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1951}}) * Montreal Alouettes (1952–56) | highlights = * 2× IRFU All-Star - 1952, 1954 * Second-team All-American (1950) * First-team All-SoCon (1950) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 8 | pfr = StatJi20 }}
'''James Brooks Staton Jr.''' (May 23, 1927 – September 16, 1993) was an American professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was drafted in the second round of the 1951 NFL draft.
His greatest success came in Canadian football as a member of the Montreal Alouettes, where he played for five seasons (49 regular season games) and was selected an All-Star twice.<ref>[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/s/staton_jim.htm] CFLADEPIA entry - Jim Staton</ref>
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