draftyear finalyear death_place death_date debutyear statvalue birth_place article_title position draftround college birth_date nfl pfr number draftpick statlabel
1950 1951 oakland , california 4 march 1998 1951 2 healdsburg , california jim cullom
 guard 17 california 5 november 1925 cul453042 cullji20 24 214 -lrb- by the washington redskins -rrb- games played
jim cullom

james henry `` truck '' cullom -lrb- november 5 , 1925 -- march 4 , 1998 -rrb- was an american football guard in the national football league for the new york yanks .
cullom served in the united states marine corps during world war ii .
after the war , he played college football at the university of california , where he was a three-year lineman and placekicker from 1947 -- 49 , playing on two of coach pappy waldorf 's rose bowl teams .
cullom was a first team all-coast tackle in 1949 , and also played on cal 's rugby team .
cullom was drafted in the seventeenth round of the 1950 nfl draft by the washington redskins .
after one season playing for the new york yanks , he was recalled by the marines and was wounded in the korean war .
cullom later returned to cal where he worked as an assistant coach for both the football and rugby teams .
cullom was inducted into the university of california athletic hall of fame in 1995 .
