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Jamie Caleb
Date of birth: (1936-10-29) October 29, 1936 (age 87)
Place of birth: Calhoun, Louisiana, U.S.
Career information
CFL status: Import
Position(s): HB/FB
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
College: Grambling St.
NFL Draft: 1959 / Round: 16 / Pick: 191
Drafted by: Cleveland Browns
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Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1963)
  • Continental FL champion (1966)

Jamie J. Caleb (born October 29, 1936) is an American former gridiron football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (CFL). He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963. He played college football at Grambling State University and was drafted in the 1959 NFL draft by Cleveland (Round 16, #191 overall). Caleb, a fullback, joined the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League and because of injuries, he was also pressed into action as the place kicker. In the 1966 Continental Football League Championship Game at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia, he kicked the winning field goal for the Bulldogs to win the CFL Championship.

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