Editing Jim Colclough

{{Short description|American football player (1936–2004)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name         = Jim Colclough
| image        =
| number       = 81
| position     = [[End (gridiron football)|Flanker-split end]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1936|3|31}}
| birth_place  = [[Medford, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2004|5|16|1936|3|31}}
| death_place  = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 0
| weight_lbs   = 185
| high_school  = [[Quincy High School (Massachusetts)|Quincy]]<br>([[Quincy, Massachusetts]])
| college      = [[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]
| draftyear    = 1959
| draftround   = 30
| draftpick    = 353
| pastteams    =
* [[Montreal Alouettes]] ({{CFL Year|1959}})
* [[Boston Patriots]] ([[1960 American Football League season|1960]]–[[1968 American Football League season|1968]])
| pastcoaching =
* [[Boston State Warriors football|Boston State]] (1978–1979)<br>Head coach
| highlights   =
* [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]] (1962)
* [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots All-1960s Team]]
| pfr          = C/ColcJi00 
}}
'''James Michael Colclough''' <small>(''Pronounced:'' COAL-claw)</small> (March 31, 1936 – May 16, 2004) was an [[American football]] [[end (gridiron football)|flanker-split end]], member of  the original [[Boston Patriots]] team in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and later head coach of the Division III [[Boston State College]] football team. Known as Coleslaw, a spin off his last name, Colclough played [[college football]] at [[Boston College]], one season as a defensive back in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) with the [[Montreal Alouettes]] in 1959 and nine more with the Patriots from 1960 to 1968, including the AFL's inaugural [[1960 AFL season|1960]] season.

In 2009, Colclough was named to the Patriots' 1960s All-Decade Team. His 17.7-yards average per reception ranks third in franchise history and his 39 touchdown catches are fourth on its all-time list.

Among receivers, Colclough was one of the premier deep threats in Patriots history. His ten [[Reception (American football)|receptions]] for [[touchdown]]s and 21.7 yards per reception in [[1962 AFL season|1962]] earned him a spot on the East Division All-Star team. His career highlights included a seven-reception, 142-yard, two-touchdown performance in a 45-17 romp over the [[Denver Broncos]] on Sept. 16, 1961 at [[Nickerson Field]]. Overall, he had 283 receptions for 5,001 yards and 39 touchdowns in his AFL career.

In 1970, Colclough partnered with two of the most eligible bachelors in professional sports, [[Derek Sanderson]] of the NHL's [[Boston Bruins]] and [[Joe Namath]] of the NFL's [[New York Jets]], as proprietors of the popular "[[Joe Namath#Bachelors III|Bachelors 
III]]" dating bar in downtown Boston.

After retirement as a player, Colclough served as the head coach at Boston State College in the 1978 and 1979 campaigns. Under his tutelage, the Warriors compiled a 10–8 record in the [[New England Football Conference]] (currently [[Commonwealth Coast Football]]). In his first season, they were NEFC co-champions with a 6–2 record (6–3 overall).

Colclough died on May 16, 2004, at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] in [[Boston]] from complications of hepatitis C.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Jim Colclough, original Boston Patriots player, dies |url=https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/05/18/jim-colclough-original-boston-patriots-player-dies/ |newspaper=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|Sun Journal]] |location=[[Lewiston, Maine]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=May 18, 2004 |access-date=January 30, 2024 }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl =  | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Boston State Warriors football|Boston State Warriors]]
 | conf      = [[Commonwealth Coast Football|New England Football Conference]]
 | startyear = 1978
 | endyear   = 1979
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1978 NCAA Division III football season|1978]]
 | name         = Boston State 
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1979 NCAA Division III football season|1979]]
 | name         = Boston State 
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 4–5
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Boston State 
 | overall    = 10–8
 | confrecord = 10–7
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 10–8
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
}}

==See also==
* [[List of American Football League players]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=jim-colclough |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=C/ColcJi00 |rotoworld= }}

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[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:American football ends]]
[[Category:Players of Canadian football from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Canadian football ends]]
[[Category:Boston College Eagles football players]]
[[Category:Boston Patriots players]]
[[Category:Boston State Warriors football coaches]]
[[Category:Montreal Alouettes players]]
[[Category:American Football League All-Star players]]
[[Category:Quincy High School (Massachusetts) alumni]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Medford, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Coaches of American football from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Deaths from hepatitis]]


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