Baltimore Colts Pioneering Tight End Passes Away
Jim Mutscheller, the former Baltimore Colts end who was a member of their championship teams of 1958 and 1959 passed away Friday April 10 at the age of 85.
Mutscheller was drafted out of Notre Dame and into the NFL in 1951 by the Colts’ predecessors, the New York Yanks. The troubled franchise was moved to Dallas and renamed the Texans for 1952. They eventually failed as well. The defunct Dallas franchise was transferred to Baltimore for 1953 and renamed the Colts, thus Baltimore held the draft rights for Mutscheller who joined them in 1954 after spending two years in the military.