Jim Taylor

Jim or Jimmy Taylor may refer to:

Jim Taylor (American football)

James Charles Taylor (born September 20, 1935) is a former American football fullback. He played professional in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, with the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1966 and with the expansion New Orleans Saints in 1967. Taylor played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU) where he was an All-American, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976.

Early years

Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Taylor had two paper routes, to help his widowed mother make ends meet. He delivered the morning and afternoon routes by bicycle for three dollars a week, which helped to develop his leg muscles. Though he did not play football until his junior year, he was a star athlete in four sports at Baton Rouge High School, and graduated in 1954. He stayed in town and played college football at LSU and was an All-American in 1957. He scored 20 rushing touchdowns over his college career, and led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in scoring in 1956 and 1957. His final game at LSU was a 25-6 victory over Tulane, which was the start of a 22-game unbeaten streak for the Tigers.

Omar Khadr

Omar Ahmed Algredr Khadr (born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian who was convicted of murder after he allegedly threw a grenade during an armed conflict in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of an American soldier. At the time, he was 15 years old and had been brought to Afghanistan by his father, who was affiliated with an extreme religious group. During the conflict Khadr was badly wounded, and captured by the Americans. He was subsequently held at Guantanamo Bay for 10 years. After extensive torture, he pleaded guilty to murder in October 2010 to several purported war crimes prior to being tried by a United States military commission. He was the youngest prisoner and last Western citizen to be held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay. He accepted an eight-year sentence, not including time served, with the possibility of a transfer to Canada after at least one year to serve the remainder of the sentence.

During a firefight on July 27, 2002, in the village of Ayub Kheyl, Afghanistan, in which several Taliban fighters were killed, Khadr, not yet 16, was severely wounded. After being detained at Bagram, he was sent to Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. During his detention, he was interrogated by Canadian as well as US intelligence officers.