Like so many of us, Jim was born and raised in Highlandtown. He lived on McElderry Street and spent a great deal of his free time in Patterson Park playing football and baseball. Athletically Jim was very talented in almost every sport and in later years became a swimming enthusiast. Beyond that he was just a nice guy - and I remember him.
At Patterson, in 1961, he was on the Varsity football team when Jerry Pfeifer and Dave Pivec were co-captains. There is a team picture of him (in our yearbook) standing between William Kalbfeisch and Colon Thacker. He was also on the Varsity wrestling team.
He earned a bachelor's degree in Business from Oklahoma State University, where he was also on the football team. He became a successful business man and executive and at one time headed a maritime division of a tire manufacturer.
Jim died of cancer at his Fallston, Maryland home in 2007. He was 63 years old. May his soul Rest in Peace.
Christopher Newman
Like so many of us, Jim was born and raised in Highlandtown. He lived on McElderry Street and spent a great deal of his free time in Patterson Park playing football and baseball. Athletically Jim was very talented in almost every sport and in later years became a swimming enthusiast. Beyond that he was just a nice guy - and I remember him.
At Patterson, in 1961, he was on the Varsity football team when Jerry Pfeifer and Dave Pivec were co-captains. There is a team picture of him (in our yearbook) standing between William Kalbfeisch and Colon Thacker. He was also on the Varsity wrestling team.
He earned a bachelor's degree in Business from Oklahoma State University, where he was also on the football team. He became a successful business man and executive and at one time headed a maritime division of a tire manufacturer.
Jim died of cancer at his Fallston, Maryland home in 2007. He was 63 years old. May his soul Rest in Peace.
Christopher Newman January 9, 2012