Jim Germany was a star running back

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 in the Canadian Football League

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He played his college football at New Mexico State University

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, where he inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. Drafted by the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals

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 in 1975, in the 2nd round, 46th overall, he never played in the NFL and came to Canada

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His seven year career with the Edmonton Eskimos

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, starting in 1977, saw him paired with Neil Lumsden

Neil Lumsden

Neil Lumsden is a former Canadian Football League player who played mostly as a fullback and also as a running back for the Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos from 1976 to 1985....

 and quarterbacks Warren Moon

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 and Tom Wilkinson

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. Together they formed the backfield backbone of the Eskimos' 5 Grey Cup

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championship dynasty. Germany rushed for 1000 yards 3 times, 1004 yards in 1977, 1324 yards in 1979, and 1019 yards in 1980, and he was an all star in 1981.