James Gordon Meade Jr. (February 28, 1914 – August 7, 1977) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator.
He played professionally as a halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1939 to 1945.
Meade played college football and lacrosse at the University of Maryland.
After serving as a paratrooper in World War II, Meade became the backfield coach for the football team at Furman University, and held that job from 1946 to 1951.
[1] Meade was inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.