currentpositionplain finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue article_title finalteam draftround birth_date alt statseason pfr draftyear heightin death_place heightft image college debutteam name statlabel caption birth_place weight dbf highschool currentnumber draftpick
running back 1950 15 may 2004 1945 45 297 1,550 edgar jones -lrb- running back -rrb-
 hamilton tiger-cats 19 6 may 1920 a the browns won an aafc championship picture of edgar jones in 1948 , after 1950 joneed21 1942 10 scranton , pennsylvania 5 edgar 1948.jpg jones , cleveland browns running back , in university of pittsburgh chicago bears edgar jones games rushing attempts rushing yards jones third aafc championship in 1948 , after the browns won a scranton , pennsylvania 193 jonesedg01 scranton high school 90 180
edgar jones -lrb- running back -rrb-

edgar francis `` special delivery '' jones -lrb- may 6 , 1920 -- may 15 , 2004 -rrb- was an american football running back who played for the chicago bears of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- and the cleveland browns of the all-america football conference -lrb- aafc -rrb- .
jones played college football at the university of pittsburgh where he finished seventh in the heisman trophy voting in 1941 .
jones grew up in scranton , pennsylvania and attended the university of pittsburgh , where he was a standout on the school 's football team .
after college , jones entered the u.s. navy during world war ii .
upon his discharge in 1945 , he joined the bears for one game before he was banned by the nfl 's commissioner because he had signed a contract to play for the browns in the rival aafc .
he joined the browns in 1946 and remained on the team through the 1949 season ; cleveland won the aafc championship in each of jones 's four seasons .
in 1950 , jones played for the hamilton tiger-cats of the canadian football league and set a league scoring record .
the following year , jones began a brief coaching career at pitt , his alma mater , and with the nfl 's pittsburgh steelers .
later in life , he worked as a recreation superintendent in scranton and founded the pennsylvania sports hall of fame .
