Were it nor [sic] for dozens of injuries Jim constantly battled, he might have played even longer. His medical history could fill an encyclopedia – bone chips in his elbow, 10 broken noses, a broken jaw, numerous brain concussions, dislocatcd knee, dislocated fingers, a severe pinched nerve in his neck, three left knee operations and six operations on his right knee. The final operation after the 1974 season was the clincher. Following complicated surgery, Jim wound up with what is essentially an artificial right knee.