About Jim Mutscheller
James "Bucky" Mutscheller (March 31, 1930 – April 10, 2015) was an American professional football player who played tight end and split end for nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Among the most effective if not underrated pass catchers-run blockers of his era, Mutscheller was a starter for the legendary 1958-59 Colts teams that captured the first two NFL championships in franchise history. He led the league in touchdown receptions (eight) in the 1957 season, which marked the only Pro Bowl selection of his career. In the first football game of the 1947 season, Mutscheller had a 49-yard touchdown reception and 77-yard touchdown run in a game against Erie East High School, played before 7,000 spectators. At the end of training camp in 1954, Ewbank was considering cutting Mutscheller from the team, but first asked his veteran players to rate Mutscheller.
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