Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Albert "Jim" Lansford (August 19, 1930 January 17, 1989) was a professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League . He played one season for the Dallas Texans (1952). American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football.