playing_years databasefootball birth_place playing_team stats article_title position |birth_date pfr number probowls college draftedround draftedyear
1972-1976 bertejim01 hudson , wisconsin los angeles rams y jim bertelsen
 running back defensive back 1950 2 26 bertji00 45 1 texas 2 / pick 30 1972
jim bertelsen

jim bertelsen played halfback for the university of texas at austin from 1969 -- 1971 .
he was a highly regarded wisconsin high school football player , playing for the hudson high school raiders .
he helped lead the texas longhorns to a national championship in 1969 , playing halfback in the famed wishbone formation , alongside james street , steve worster and ted koy .
jim bertlesen was the team 's lead ground gainer in 1971 .
in his career at texas from 1969 -- 1971 , he rushed for 2,510 yards averaging 6.1 yards a carry and 33 touchdowns .
he also had 9 100-yard rushing games .
after his career with the los angeles rams , bertelsen returned to the austin area .
