Bill Wyman (American football)

Bill Wyman
Career information
No. 50

Date of birth	December 14, 1951
Date of death	June 19, 2013 (age 61)
Position(s)	Center
College	University of Texas at Austin
High school	Spring Branch High School
Career history
As player
1971-1973	Texas Longhorns
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1973)

William Henry "Bill" Wyman (December 14, 1951 - June 19, 2013)^[1] is a former American football player. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and played at the center position for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1971 to 1973.^[2] He was a consensus first-team selection to the 1973 College Football All-America Team.^[3] He has been called "the anchor of Darrell Royal's final Southwest Conference championship teams."^[2] He suffered from Parkinson's disease starting in approximately 1995 and died in June 2013.^[2]

References

↑ Dates of birth and death based on (1) obituary cited below, and (2) Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line] for dates of birth and death.
1 2 3 "Bill Wyman, 61, All-America center for Darrell Royal’s SWC champions". Houston Chronicle. June 24, 2013.
↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

1973 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB David Jaynes RB John Cappelletti RB Woody Green RB Kermit Johnson WR Lynn Swann TE Bennie Cunningham OT John Hicks OT Booker Brown G Buddy Brown G Bill Yoest C Bill Wyman

Defense	DL Tony Cristiani DL John Dutton DL Dave Gallagher DL Lucious Selmon LB Randy Gradishar LB Rod Shoate LB Richard Wood DB Dave Brown DB Artimus Parker DB Randy Rhino DB Mike Townsend

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