Jim Thorpe Football League
04-28-2013
#86|Leather Al-Jabbar Wide Receiver
Retired (1979, Age 36)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Total Rating B-  Help Conditioning 95%
Status Retired (1979) Potential C+
Age 69 Born 06-22-1943 in Marshall, MO
Drafted Round 3, Pick 67 (1965) Experience 12 Years (225 Wks)
College State University of Wichita, 1965 Salary 845 ($1.118M/2013 $)
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPEC TEAMS
Throw Power C- Catching A- Pass Cover C+ Kick Power D-
Throw Acc D- Pass Blocking D  Run Cover D- Kick Acc C-
Carrying C+ Run Blocking D+ Tackling C- Kick Return C 
        Pursuit C-    
PHYSICAL MENTAL DEXTERITY
Speed B  Stamina C  Execution C- Agility B-
Strength C  Health C- Aggressiveness C+ Hands C 
Jumping C+     Attitude A- Break Tackle B-
ROLES
QB D+ C D  DT C- SS C- K F  GUN B-
WR B- G D+ DE D+ FS C  P F  KR C 
HB/TB C  T D+ ILB C- CB C+ LS D- KRB C-
FB C- TE C  OLB C- H D- HT B- KOS D-
Year Team G GS TARG REC PCT YDS AVG LNG YAC YACA TD YDS/G 1ST 1ST% DP
1965 WAS 14 0 9 3 33.3 49 16.3 33 3 1.0 0 3.5 2 22.2 1
1966 WAS 12 0 10 3 30.0 32 10.7 15 -1 -0.3 1 2.7 3 30.0 1
1967 WAS 14 0 14 5 35.7 83 16.6 27 19 3.8 1 5.9 4 28.6 0
1968 WAS 10 0 65 38 58.5 611 16.1 51 137 3.6 4 61.1 27 41.5 6
1969 WAS 15 0 71 33 46.5 388 11.8 39 67 2.0 5 25.9 17 23.9 4
1970 WAS 16 13 80 46 57.5 526 11.4 27 158 3.4 2 32.9 26 32.5 3
1971 WAS 16 16 63 38 60.3 499 13.1 33 261 6.9 2 31.2 24 38.1 3
1972 BOS 15 0 1 1 100.0 5 5.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.3 0 0.0 0
1974 LAN 14 0 21 11 52.4 128 11.6 35 23 2.1 2 9.1 5 23.8 1
1975 LAN 13 0 17 9 52.9 86 9.6 15 15 1.7 0 6.6 6 35.3 0
1976 LAN 11 0 24 15 62.5 124 8.3 19 28 1.9 2 11.3 7 29.2 0
1977 LAN 7 0 7 4 57.1 23 5.8 18 2 0.5 0 3.3 1 14.3 0
Total   157 29 382 206 53.9 2554 12.4 51 712 3.5 19 16.3 122 31.9 19

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
02-28-1980Leather Al-Jabbar has retired from football.
09-04-1978The Los Angeles RAMS have moved Tony Laird to the active roster. The Los Angeles RAMS have moved John Rodgers to the inactive roster.
09-04-1978The Los Angeles RAMS have waived Leather Al-Jabbar.
01-30-1978The Los Angeles RAMS have moved Stan Roque to the active roster. The Los Angeles RAMS have moved Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
08-19-1974The Los Angeles RAMS have moved Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Los Angeles RAMS have moved Bill Mack to the inactive roster.
08-19-1974The Los Angeles RAMS have acquired Leather Al-Jabbar from the waiver wire.
08-11-1974The Boston Copperheads have waived Leather Al-Jabbar.
08-13-1973The Boston Copperheads have placed Leather Al-Jabbar on the trade block.
08-06-1973The Boston Copperheads have moved Scrapper Rymkus, Dewey Reichle, Lou Lambert, and Roger Wilson to the active roster. The Boston Copperheads have moved Aaron Cerqua, Lloyd Didio, Leather Al-Jabbar, and Ajene Harris to the inactive roster.
09-11-1972The Boston Copperheads have moved Leather Al-Jabbar, Pug Rasby, and John McElroy to the active roster. The Boston Copperheads have moved Pat Pitts, Peerless Rembert, and Jim Thomas to the inactive roster.
09-11-1972The Boston Copperheads have acquired Leather Al-Jabbar from the waiver wire.
09-10-1972The Washington Xenomorphs have automatically waived Leather Al-Jabbar to comply with the 53-man roster limit.
08-27-1972The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ken Reader, John McElroy, Tony Lyman, Ricky Elliott, Troy Richard, Marcus DiNapoli, Dutch Clements, Greg Stemrick, Jerry Williams, Ray Bryant, Eugene Perini, Ravin Broadhurst, Rob Kraehe, Albert Ray, Homer Erickson, and Frank Englund to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ken Fuller, Tom Tobin, Len Hollas, Stan Sprinkle, Morris Joseph, Lional Lauro, Leather Al-Jabbar, Nick Moore, Larry Walton, Art Lauer, Shawn Sanders, John Mallouf, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Drew Mincy, and Len Tarver to the inactive roster.
08-20-1972The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ken Fuller, Bill Babinecz, John Briggs, Tom Tobin, Swede Harms, Len Hollas, Adam Vatterott, Stan Sprinkle, Darryl Grant, Morris Joseph, Lional Lauro, Leather Al-Jabbar, Larry Walton, Art Lauer, Shawn Sanders, John Mallouf, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Drew Mincy, and Len Tarver to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ken Reader, John McElroy, Ricky Elliott, Troy Richard, Marcus DiNapoli, Fest Ferris, John Sims, Dutch Clements, Greg Stemrick, Mark Hickman, Jerry Williams, Ray Bryant, Eugene Perini, Ravin Broadhurst, Albert Ray, Gerald Johnson, Buster Baker, Homer Erickson, Clive Lane, and Frank Englund to the inactive roster.
08-13-1972The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Dutch Clements, Kwame Pepper, Ravin Broadhurst, Greg Stemrick, Jerry Williams, Ray Bryant, Nick Moore, Rebel Moffett, Eugene Perini, Buster Baker, Gerald Johnson, Ken Reader, Homer Erickson, John McElroy, Mark Hickman, Ricky Elliott, Marv Williams, Troy Richard, Fest Ferris, Bill Smith, and John Sims to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Len Tarver, Lional Lauro, Doug Parker, Stan Sprinkle, Len Hollas, Leather Al-Jabbar, Larry Walton, John Mallouf, Dick Vinatieri, Rob Kraehe, Seneca Westbrook, Swede Harms, Drew Mincy, Ken Fuller, Darryl Grant, Shawn Sanders, John Briggs, Morris Joseph, Tom Tobin, Bill Babinecz, and Art Lauer to the inactive roster.
08-22-1971The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ravin Broadhurst, Lional Lauro, Leather Al-Jabbar, Mike Niehaus, and Seneca Westbrook to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ron Rowell, Gabe Cochran, Pete Simmonds, Mao Meyer, and Terry Thornton to the inactive roster.
08-15-1971The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Gabe Cochran, John McElroy, Brandon Boerigter, Herschel Goldsberry, Nick Moore, Tony Holt, Pete Simmonds, Troy Richard, Billy Curry, Jim Burrough, Corey Gussie, Mao Meyer, Terry Thornton, Tony Lyman, and Eddie Brown to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Marv Williams, Brenden Thomas, Len Hollas, Len Tarver, Marcus DiNapoli, John Mallouf, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Mike Niehaus, Gerald Johnson, Ravin Broadhurst, Lional Lauro, Doug Parker, Leather Al-Jabbar, and Joe Blazine to the inactive roster.
08-30-1970The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Willie Lamonica, Daryle Heater, Ricky Elliott, Eric Robertson, Bill Smith, Mack Novak, Al Compton, John Mallouf, Joey McDonald, Paul Bailey, Jeff Hagberg, Leather Al-Jabbar, and Brian Eissler to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Darryl Grant, Morris Joseph, Roy Smith, Len Tarver, Nick Moore, Dwight Stenger, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Laron Stewart, Kurt Johnson, Dwight Famiglietti, Ravin Broadhurst, and Lional Lauro to the inactive roster.
08-23-1970The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Larry Walton, Morris Joseph, Art Lauer, Roy Smith, Drew Mincy, Len Tarver, Nick Moore, Dwight Stenger, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Laron Stewart, Kurt Johnson, Mike Niehaus, Floyd Moran, Dwight Famiglietti, Swede Harms, Ravin Broadhurst, Lional Lauro, and Doug Parker to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Willie Lamonica, Daryle Heater, Jim Thomas, Ricky Elliott, Eric Robertson, Bill Smith, Jim Weatherly, Mack Novak, Pete Jones, Paul Bailey, Jeff Hagberg, Woody West, Eric Pureifory, George Walton, Bobby DeVries, Tony Moriarty, Leather Al-Jabbar, and Brian Eissler to the inactive roster.
12-08-1969The Washington Xenomorphs have moved John Farley and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rob Kraehe and Max Dailey to the inactive roster.
12-01-1969The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rob Kraehe to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
08-31-1969The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Darryl Grant, Brenden Thomas, Morris Joseph, Art Lauer, Drew Mincy, Len Tarver, Seneca Westbrook, Laron Stewart, Kurt Johnson, Wilbur Kilroy, Mike Niehaus, Lional Lauro, Doug Parker, Leather Al-Jabbar, Joe Blazine, and Brian Eissler to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ricky Elliott, Bill Bagby, Sean Mannion, Max Dailey, Jim Weatherly, Mack Novak, Troy Richard, Jerry Breedlove, Hank Owens, Allen Long, Paul Bailey, Carl Young, Jeff Boyd, Bobby DeVries, Neal Sbranti, E.L. Ulinski, and Eric Clarke to the inactive roster.
08-24-1969The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Max Dailey, Jim Weatherly, and Jeff Boyd to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Drew Mincy, Laron Stewart, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
08-10-1969The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster.
08-10-1969The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Dwight Stenger, Bobby Duden, Ray Baker, Dominique Livers, E.L. Ulinski, Al Compton, Albert Ray, Allen Long, Bobby DeVries, Frank Richardson, Les Rutledge, Sean Mannion, Max Dailey, Jim Weatherly, Mack Novak, Ricky Elliott, Troy Richard, Bryant Derby, Marcus DiNapoli, Eddie Baker, Bill Bagby, and Jerry Breedlove to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Len Tarver, Ravin Broadhurst, Kurt Johnson, Lional Lauro, Doug Parker, Brian Eissler, Wilbur Kilroy, John Smith, Leather Al-Jabbar, Nick Moore, Joe Blazine, John Mallouf, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Floyd Moran, Swede Harms, Dale Malone, Drew Mincy, Laron Stewart, Darryl Grant, Roy Smith, and Morris Joseph to the inactive roster.
12-23-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Eddie Baker, Mack Novak, Troy Richard, John Farley, Bobby Duden, Neal Sbranti, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Brenden Thomas, Morris Joseph, Kurt Johnson, Mike Niehaus, Doug Parker, Joe Blazine, and Brian Eissler to the inactive roster.
12-16-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Albert Ray, Bill Bagby, Mitch Reppond, Allen Long, and Seneca Westbrook to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Neal Sbranti, Leather Al-Jabbar, Mack Novak, Troy Richard, and Laron Stewart to the inactive roster.
12-09-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Leather Al-Jabbar, Eddie Brown, and Mack Novak to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Albert Ray, Bill Bagby, and Allen Long to the inactive roster.
11-25-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Albert Ray, Mack Novak, and Marcus DiNapoli to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rob Kraehe, Leather Al-Jabbar, and Allen Long to the inactive roster.
11-18-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Allen Long, Bobby Duden, Ravin Broadhurst, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Bill Bagby, Albert Ray, Eddie Baker, and Mack Novak to the inactive roster.
11-11-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Albert Ray and Brian Eissler to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ravin Broadhurst and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
10-28-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Mack Novak, Swede Harms, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Seneca Westbrook, Allen Long, and Mitch Reppond to the inactive roster.
10-14-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Albert Ray, Mack Novak, Troy Richard, Bobby Duden, and Ravin Broadhurst to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Bill Bagby, Eddie Baker, John Farley, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
08-18-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Art Lauer, Albert Ray, Roy Smith, Eddie Baker, Sammy Schmit, Allen Long, Richard Studdard, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Morris Joseph, Al Compton, Laron Stewart, Mike Niehaus, Mitch Reppond, and Brian Eissler to the inactive roster.
08-05-1968The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Frank Englund, Drew Mincy, Jesse Johnson, Mack Novak, Jeff Hagberg, and Neal Sbranti to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Art Lauer, Albert Ray, Roy Smith, Pete Burgess, Ken Mehre, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
10-16-1967The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Leather Al-Jabbar, Mark Ecklund, Ray Anderson, and John Farley to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Pete Burgess, Rob Kraehe, Albert Ray, and Art Lauer to the inactive roster.
10-09-1967The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rob Kraehe, Jeff Hagberg, and Ken Mehre to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Mark Ecklund, Allen Denson, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
10-02-1967The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Allen Denson, Leather Al-Jabbar, Dale Malone, and Art Lauer to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Ray Anderson, Rob Kraehe, Jeff Hagberg, and Ken Mehre to the inactive roster.
09-25-1967The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Darryl Grant, Rob Kraehe, Albert Ray, and Jeff Hagberg to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Art Lauer, Allen Denson, Richard Studdard, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
08-20-1967The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Brenden Thomas, Morris Joseph, Rob Kraehe, Roy Smith, John Smith, Nick Moore, Al Compton, Sammy Schmit, Dick Vinatieri, Seneca Westbrook, Laron Stewart, Kurt Johnson, Wilbur Kilroy, Mike Niehaus, Jeff Hagberg, Bill Mallory, Swede Harms, Doug Parker, Leather Al-Jabbar, Mitch Reppond, Joe Blazine, and Brian Eissler to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Darryl Grant, Art Lauer, Albert Ray, Tony Mitz, Eddie Baker, Gordon Holman, Joe Currivan, Sean Broyles, John Farley, Billy Wright, Bobby Duden, Les Rutledge, Allen Denson, Cephus Freeman, Brad Schoenke, Glenn Ivy, Chet Moore, Willie Kunz, Ken Mehre, Jonathan Hartings, Richard Studdard, and Eddie Brown to the inactive roster.
08-13-1967The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Willie Kunz, Bobby Duden, Tony Moriarty, Sean Broyles, Jonathan Hartings, Jim Lofton, Richard Studdard, Brad Schoenke, Don Lane, Albert Ray, Les Rutledge, Elmer Isom, Allen Denson, John Farley, Billy Wright, Glenn Ivy, Cephus Freeman, Tony Mitz, Eddie Baker, Gordon Holman, and Art Lauer to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Kurt Johnson, Doug Parker, Brian Eissler, Bill Mallory, Wilbur Kilroy, John Smith, Leather Al-Jabbar, Mike Niehaus, Nick Moore, Brenden Thomas, Mitch Reppond, Joe Blazine, Dick Vinatieri, Rob Kraehe, Seneca Westbrook, Sammy Schmit, Swede Harms, Laron Stewart, George Jawish, Roy Smith, and Morris Joseph to the inactive roster.
12-26-1966The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Bill Mallory, Leather Al-Jabbar, Joe Blazine, George Jawish, and Eddie Baker to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Tony Moriarty, Allen Denson, Mark Ecklund, Albert Ray, and Ravin Broadhurst to the inactive roster.
12-19-1966The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Larry Walton, Mark Ecklund, Albert Ray, Ravin Broadhurst, and Tony Moriarty to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Eddie Baker, Bill Mallory, George Jawish, Richard Studdard, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the inactive roster.
12-12-1966The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Bill Bagby, Eddie Baker, George Jawish, Richard Studdard, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Larry Walton, Mark Ecklund, Albert Ray, Elmer Isom, and Ravin Broadhurst to the inactive roster.
12-05-1966The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Larry Walton, Mike Hull, Albert Ray, and John Farley to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Tony Moriarty, Leather Al-Jabbar, Joe Blazine, and Brad Schoenke to the inactive roster.
11-21-1966The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Elmer Isom, Allen Denson, Tony Moriarty, and Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Larry Walton, Bill Bagby, Albert Ray, and John Farley to the inactive roster.
11-14-1966The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Larry Walton, Mark Ecklund, Albert Ray, Bill Bagby, and Brian Eissler to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Allen Denson, Eddie Baker, Richard Studdard, Leather Al-Jabbar, and George Jawish to the inactive roster.
08-29-1965The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Willie Spirida, Sean Broyles, Lonnie Rosenthal, Max Ariail, Oscar Key, E.L. Ulinski, John Farley, Leather Al-Jabbar, Nick Moore, Eddie Brown, Andre Flaherty, Eddie Baker, Don Leary, Joe Currivan, Joe Gipson, and Andre Reynolds to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rick Larden, Doug Parker, Kenny Layden, Laron Stewart, Wilbur Kilroy, Kurt Johnson, Joe Blazine, Jeff Zilly, Sammy Schmit, Al Compton, Tom Walter, Roy Smith, Brandon Lund, Bill Bagby, Brian Eissler, and Morris Joseph to the inactive roster.
08-22-1965The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rick Larden, Mike Hull, Albert Ray, Mark Hickman, Doug Parker, Morris Joseph, Brandon Lund, Al Compton, Jim Lofton, Jeff Zilly, Laron Stewart, Wilbur Kilroy, Joey McDonald, Kenny Layden, Kurt Johnson, Brian Eissler, and Tom Walter to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Andre Reynolds, Eddie Baker, Willie Spirida, John Farley, E.L. Ulinski, Leather Al-Jabbar, Eddie Brown, Joe Currivan, Floyd Ryan, Rocky Bryant, Sean Broyles, Don Leary, Jason Simmons, James Bond, and Oscar Key to the inactive roster.
08-16-1965The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Leather Al-Jabbar to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Johnny Settle to the inactive roster.
08-15-1965The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Andre Reynolds, Roy Smith, Tom Sinnott, Willie Spirida, Albert Ray, Cliff Welch, Elmer Isom, John Farley, Ravin Broadhurst, E.L. Ulinski, John Jefferson, Floyd Ryan, Sean Broyles, Don Leary, Dar Smith, Jason Simmons, James Bond, and Oscar Key to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Rick Larden, Joe Robustelli, Mike Hull, Mark Hickman, Doug Parker, Morris Joseph, Leather Al-Jabbar, Brandon Lund, Al Compton, Max Ariail, Jim Lofton, Jeff Zilly, Laron Stewart, Joey McDonald, Larry Herline, Kurt Johnson, Brian Eissler, and Tom Walter to the inactive roster.
08-09-1965The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Pete Burgess, Richard Studdard, Leather Al-Jabbar, Mitch Reppond, John Rowe, Mark Hickman, and Eddie Baker to the active roster. The Washington Xenomorphs have moved Sean Broyles, Dar Smith, Bill Govan, Rashod Davidson, Kevin Dubzinski, and Roy Smith to the inactive roster.