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James Edward Finks (August 31, 1927 – May 8, 1994) was an American football and Canadian football player, coach, and executive. Early life and playing career. Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended high school in Salem, Illinois, and attended college at the University of Tulsa.
Jim Finks: The Traveler. Finks did enough in college to become a 12th round pick in the 1949 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He spent his first three years as a backup with only minimal playing time. That changed in 1952 when he became the starter.
Jim Finks was a respected executive who built winning teams for the Vikings, Bears and Saints. He drafted stars, traded Tarkenton, hired Grant, and won Super Bowls with the Bears.
May 10, 1994 · Jim Finks, the New Orleans Saints executive who moved in pro football from player to coach to general manager to club president and almost to commissioner of the National Football League,...
May 10, 1994 · The NFL lost one of its most popular and progressive executives Sunday night when Jim Finks, 66, died in New Orleans after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Finks, a consultant to the New...
Jim Finks was a general manager who built winning teams for the Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints. He also played quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and drafted Walter Payton, the NFL's all-time greatest player.
Jim Finks was the Vikings GM and VP from 1964 to 1973, and led the team to two Super Bowls. He also built winning teams for the Bears and the Saints, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
