Jim Rountree

James W. Rountree (born April 24, 1936) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for ten years during the 1950s and 1960s. Rountree played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.

College career
Rountree attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators football team from 1955 to 1957. Memorably, Rountree had an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, following a key block from Don Chandler, in the Gators' 19–13 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in 1957. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1957, and was the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage." Woodruff ranked Rountree as one the Gators' two best defensive backs and one of their two best running backs of the 1950s.

Rountree was inducted as a "Gator Great" member of the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971.

Professional career
Rountree was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the 1958 NFL Draft, but chose instead to play in the CFL. He played defensive back and wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts from to, and was a CFL All-Star in. In his rookie season, he played defensive back and halfback on offense, and ran for 200 yards on twenty-six carries. During his ten-season CFL career, Rountree compiled forty-one interceptions, 464 interception return yards, and one interception return touchdown. Later, he was an assistant coach for the Argonauts and the Memphis Southmen of the World Football League (WFL).