Jim Auer
football player (born 1962)
James Robert Auer (born January 4, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in 1987. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Auer played prep football at Washington Township High School in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108051894. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962 and 1987.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jim Auer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.