Jim Bowdoin

Bowdoin was signed to the Green Bay Packers in the 1928 season,^[1] and won three NFL championships until he left the team in the 1931 season^[6] on August 1, 1931.^[1][7] While playing for the team, he worked for a road construction company along with teammates Claude Perry and Johnny "Blood" McNally.^[8] In the 1928 season the team achieved a record of 6-4-3 and came fourth in the league.^[9] The next season, they had a 12-0-1 and won the league.^[10] The 1930 season, saw the team get a 10-3-1 record and win again.^[11] In his final year with the team, 1931, the team's record was 12-2-0 and they won again.^[12] He was bought by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932 from the Packers after a deal between the Packer's coach Curly Lambeau and Dodgers manager Benny Friedman.^[13] He was appointed assistant coach during his time there.^[14] He was released the same year.^[15] He was then signed by the New York Giants on November 2, 1932, one day after being released by the Dodgers.^[16] He then played for the Portsmouth Spartans in the 1933 season.^[17] He left after that and then signed with the Dodgers again for the 1934 season.^[18] He then retired later that season. During his professional career, he was 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 227 pounds. He played as a guard.^[1]

Bowdoin's nickname was Goofy.^[1] He was married to Louise Akard and had a daughter named La-Vonda, who was born in May 1960. After graduating from Alabama in June 1957, he went back to his old high school, Elba, to work as a coach until 1958. He later became the track and backfield coach for the Tennessee High Vikings, from the autumn of 1958 until his resignation on June 28, 1960. He was also a health teacher at the school. He resigned to pursue a career in his father-in-law's funeral home.^[2][19] He died on May 11, 1969, in Mobile, Alabama, aged 65.^[1]