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James Coughlan

  • Class
    1939
  • Induction
    1971
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Jim Coughlan was a star end for the Broncos. In 1937 his team went 9-0 and won the Sugar Bowl. Again in 1938, with Coughlan at end Santa Clara’s football season ended with a Sugar Bowl victory over LSU. In 1939, he was drafted by the Detroit Lions. Coughlan was inducted into Santa Clara’s Hall of Fame in 1971. 
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