Hall of Fame
Jim Bunch's impressive football career started in 1974 at Lee Davis High School in Midlothian, VA. There he was named Football MVP and Lineman of the Year for Virginia. He followed that performance up with a postgraduate year at FUMA where he was also named Football MVP.
At the University of Alabama, Jim shined. He was a member of the All-SEC Team for 1986, '77, '78, and '79; SEC Sophomore Player of the Year ('77), and was a member of two national championship teams (1978 and 1979). He was named to the Kodak All-American Team, the Associated Press All-American Team, and the Sports Writers All-American Team. He also received the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial Award and was named to the 1st Team Alabama Team of the Decade and the 2nd Team Alabama Team of the Century.
In 1999, Jim was nominated for the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
