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James Kenneth Dunaway (September 3, 1941 – May 12, 2018) was an American football player. A defensive tackle, he played college football at the University of Mississippi, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills, as part of a defensive line that held opposing runners without a rushing touchdown for a pro football record seventeen consecutive games in the 1964 and 1965 AFL seasons.[1]

Jim Dunaway
No. 78
Position:Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:(1941-09-03)September 3, 1941
Columbia, Mississippi
Died:May 12, 2018(2018-05-12) (aged 76)
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:277 lb (126 kg)
Career information
High school:Columbia (MS)
College:Ole Miss
NFL Draft:1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
AFL Draft:1963 / Round: 2 / Pick: 9
Career history
  • Buffalo Bills (1963–1971)
  • Miami Dolphins (1972)
  • Jacksonville Sharks (1974)
  • Jacksonville Express (1975)
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× AFL Allstar (1965–1968)
  • 2x AFL Champion (1964-1965)
  • Super Bowl Champion (VII)
  • All American (1962)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Murder charge and aftermath


On July 27, 1998, Dunaway's ex-wife, Nonniel Dunaway, was found dead in a half-empty swimming pool.[2] An autopsy revealed that she had a fractured skull and was unconscious when she was placed in the water by her assailant where she drowned. Prior to this event, she had won a divorce judgment which gave her more than 800 acres (3.2 km2) of property that the couple owned, $1,800 a month in alimony and half of Dunaway's NFL pension. They had been divorced since 1995 and Dunaway was planning to appeal.

Dunaway was charged with her murder but a grand jury chose not to indict Dunaway of the charges.[3] In response, his children filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that Dunaway was responsible for their mother's death.[4] In 2002, Dunaway was found liable and ordered to pay $579,000 to his children.[5]

Coincidentally, Dunaway had been a teammate for three seasons of star running back O. J. Simpson, who was similarly found responsible for his ex-wife's death after being acquitted of her murder in a controversial trial in 1995.


See also



References


  1. "Celebration of Life Service to be Held for Ole Miss Great Jim Dunaway".
  2. "Ex-Dolphin Charged With Murder". www.cbsnews.com.
  3. "PLUS: IN THE NEWS; Dunaway Charged In Ex-Wife's Death". The New York Times. Associated Press. 31 July 1998.
  4. BabyTate. "Jim Dunaway, the True Notorious Big". Bleacher Report.
  5. Teitelbaum, Ben (21 June 2013). "Football, Crime, and Allegations Against Aaron Hernandez". The Daily Beast via www.thedailybeast.com.



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