Jim Bertelsen!
my neighbor’s daughter is married to his son. He sings in a great band and DJ’s on a radio station. Great people all around and I am lucky to have such great neighbors!
i watched him in those great Wishbone years as a kid, and he did great in the NFL!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bertelsen
“James Allen "Jim" Bertelsen is a former American football player, a running back for five seasons in the National Football League with the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, and was a highly regarded high school football player in Wisconsin out of Hudson.
As a sophomore at Texas in 1969, he helped lead the Longhorns to a national championship in the Wishbone option offense, alongside James Street, Steve Worster, and Ted Koy. As a senior in 1971, Bertlesen was the team's lead ground gainer. In his career at Texas (1969–1971), he rushed for 2,510 yards, averaging 6.1 yards a carry and 33 touchdowns, and also had nine 100-yard rushing games.
Bertelsen was selected in the second round of the 1972 NFL Draft, thirtieth overall, by the Los Angeles Rams. He averaged four yards per carry as a pro, and rushed for 854 yards in 1973. After his NFL career, Bertelsen returned to the Austin area.
Jim Bertelsen
No. 35
Position:
Running back
Personal information
Born:
February 26, 1950 (age 69) Saint Paul, Minnesota
Height:
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:
205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:
Hudson (WI)
College:
Texas
NFL Draft:
1972 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30
Career history
Los Angeles Rams (1972–1976)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR