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Syracuse Football Top 25 Players of All-Time: No. 24 Jim Nance

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Syracuse Football has had a long history of success. We look back at some of the best players to play at Syracuse University. Up next, No. 24: Jim Nance.

Syracuse Football great Jim Nance may not be a name that immediately jumps to mind when you think of Syracuse legends, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t dominant in his own right. Like many athletes at that time, he was a multi-sport athlete who also was very good at wrestling. Jim Nance attended Syracuse from 1962-1965.

In wrestling, Jim “Bo” Nance was a star.