Bill Mallory (American football)

Bill Mallory

Yale Bulldogs No. 12
Position	Fullback
Career history
College	Yale (1923)
Personal information
Date of birth	November 20, 1901
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of death	February 13, 1945 (aged 43)
Place of death	Italy
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
College Football Hall of Fame (1964)

Bill Mallory (November 20, 1901 – February 13, 1945) was an American football player. He was a significant part of the Yale University teams that went 8–1 in 1921 and 8–0 in 1923. After graduating, he joined the US Army Air Forces as an intelligence officer and led Operation Mallory during World War II, which destroyed 22 of 24 bridges over the Po River, thereby damaging German supply lines into Italy. He died on his way home from the war, when his plane crashed. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.^[1]

References

1. College Football Hall of Fame, accessed January 9, 2007