Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1982
Jim Staton attended Wake Forest from 1947-50 playing both offensive and defensive tackle on the Deacon football squad. He earned All-Southern Conference honors in 1950 and that same season became the second All-American football player in Wake Forest history after Bill George.
After graduation, Staton was the second draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and played one season in the NFL with the Washington Redskins. Staton went on to play seven seasons in the Candian Football League with Montreal. He played under Coach Peahead Walker, another WFU Hall of Famer, in the CFL and helped the team to three straight trips to the Grey Cup finals.
Following his professional career, Staton went on to work with Tropicana Products in Buffalo, N.Y., and eventually opened his own distribution company in Greensboro, N.C., in 1963.
Jim Staton passed away on September 16, 1993.
