Jimmy Ridlon, born James Arthur Ridlon in 1934, is an American former professional football player who played safety in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. At Syracuse University he played both football and lacrosse, sharing a backfield with Jim Brown, and the 49ers drafted him in the fourth round of the 1957 draft. Dallas traded for him in 1963; in 1964 he captained the Cowboys, earned All-Pro honors and became the first player in franchise history to score two defensive touchdowns in one season. He retired in 1965 to join the Syracuse faculty as a coach and art professor, and as a painter and sculptor he designed the Outland Trophy in 1988. He entered the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
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