Friday, September 26, 2014

Jim Boeke obit

 Football Player and Actor Jim Boeke Has Died

He was not on the list.


James Frederick Boeke was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints.

Boeke attended Cuyahoga Falls High School where he practiced football and track.

He played college football at Heidelberg College. He accepted a scholarship from Heidelberg College, establishing himself as a two-way tackle in football and also lettering in track. In 2008, he was inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame.

Boeke was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the nineteenth round (217th overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

On August 19, 1964, he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for running back Les Josephson. Dallas Cowboys

In 1964, he was acquired because the team needed offensive line depth after a rash of injuries.

He started 7 games, including 4 at left tackle, replacing Tony Liscio who was placed on the injured reserve list. The next year he became the regular starter at left tackle after Liscio couldn"t return from his right knee injury.

In 1966, he started 10 games before missing time with a knee injury and being eventually replaced by Liscio.

His most famous play occurred near the end of the 1966 NFL Championship Game, with the team trailing the Green Bay Packers by a touchdown, the Cowboys had a first down on the Packers" 2-yard line, when Boeke was flagged for a false start, Dallas failed to score after Don Meredith threw an interception fourth down. Green Bay went on to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the inaugural American Federation of Labor-Congress-NFL championship game, now referred to as the first Super Bowl. From 1960 until 1966, he registered a streak of 92 consecutive games played.

In 1967, he could not regain his starting position and was the backup to Liscio.

His last game with the Cowboys was the 1967 NFL Championship Game famously known as the "The Ice Bowl". On August 28, 1968, he was traded to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for linebacker Jackie Burkett.

Boeke played in 13 games with the New Orleans Saints during the 1968 season. On July 28, 1969, he was traded to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a draft choice.

The Detroit Lions acquired Boeke to compete for the right tackle position that was vacated by the retirement of Charlie Bradshaw.

On July 28, 1969, he was traded to the Washington Redskins in exchange for a draft pick. Washington Redskins

On September 5, 1969, he was signed by the Washington Redskins. He was released on September 16.

In the off-season, he worked as a physical education teacher.

During his playing days in Los Angeles, Boeke worked as a bodyguard for the Nelson family (of Ozzie and Harriet fame), and went on to work for Ricky Nelson. Following his playing days, Boeke utilized his Hollywood connections and appeared in bit parts in television (Mid-Atlantic Animal Specialty Hospital, Coach and many others) and movies (North Dallas Forty, Forrest Gump et al) for many years.

On September 26, 2014, he died from acute leukemia.

 

Filmography

 

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1978    Heaven Can Wait            Kowalsky       

1979    North Dallas Forty            Stallings          

1980            Alligator            Shamsky         

1981    Under the Rainbow            Hangman        

1981    Escape from DS-3                   

1982            Pandemonium            Fletcher          

1984    Fear City            Architect        

1986    In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro            Gagnon           

1987    The Kindred            Jackson         

1987    Dragnet            Nectar Pagan  

1989    Kill Me Again            Javonovitch    

1990            Backstreet Dreams            Burt     

1991    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country            First Klingon general

1994    Forrest Gump            University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach            Uncredited

2003    A Man Apart   Bad Cop     (final film role)

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