Researching Jim Spruill
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The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Spruill on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Spruill and the Spruill Family Tree
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Spruill Forums
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Miscellaneous Spruill Databases
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Some Famous People called Jim Spruill
Jim Spruill
James Winfred Spruill (February 26, 1923 – January 8, 2006) was an American professional basketball and football player. He played in the Basketball Association of America for the Indianapolis Jets in just one game during the 1948–49 BAA season. In that game he scored two points and recorded three personal fouls. His professional football career was longer, spanning the 1948 and 1949 seasons in the All-America Football Conference. Spruill played for the Baltimore Colts in 26 total games (starting 15 of them). In college, Spruill had college basketball and college football at Rice University. He was later a high school football coach, at Durango High School in Durango, Colorado, Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Arizona, and Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California.
Source: Jim Spruill, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Spruill
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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