Willie Harper

No. 59

Position:

Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth:

July 30, 1950

Place of birth:

Toledo, Ohio

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

215 lb (98 kg)

Career information

High school:

Jessup W. Scott High School

College:

Nebraska

NFL draft:

1973 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Super Bowl Champion (XVI)
NFC Champion (1981)
2× Consensus All-American (1971, 1972)

Career NFL statistics

Sacks:	3
INT yards:	43
Games:	134
Games Played:	100
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Willie Miles Harper (born July 30, 1950) is a former American Football linebacker who played for the San Francisco 49ers.

Harper played high school football for Toledo Scott and college football at University of Nebraska where he was an All-American in 1972 and was drafted in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft by the 49ers, who he stayed with for eleven years, from 1973 to 1983. He moved to the USFL in 1984 to play for the New Jersey Generals. He finished his career with the Houston Gamblers in 1985.

His son, Josh Harper, plays college football at Fresno State University.^[1]

References

↑ Yes, Fresno State Receiver Josh Harper is Willie Harper’s Son

1971 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Pat Sullivan RB Ed Marinaro RB Johnny Musso RB Greg Pruitt E Terry Beasley E Johnny Rodgers OT Dave Joyner OT Jerry Sisemore G Reggie McKenzie G Royce Smith C Tom Brahaney

Defense	DL Willie Harper DL Larry Jacobson DL Mel Long DL Walt Patulski DL Sherman White LB Jeff Siemon LB Mike Taylor DB Tommy Casanova DB Clarence Ellis DB Ernie Jackson DB Bobby Majors

1972 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Bert Jones RB Otis Armstrong RB Woody Green RB Greg Pruitt WR Johnny Rodgers TE Charle Young OT Paul Seymour OT Jerry Sisemore G John Hannah G Ron Rusnak C Tom Brahaney

Defense	DL Bruce Bannon DL Dave Butz DL Rich Glover DL Willie Harper DL Greg Marx LB Randy Gradishar LB John Skorupan DB Cullen Bryant DB Randy Logan DB Robert Popelka DB Brad Van Pelt

San Francisco 49ers 1973 NFL draft selections

Mike Holmes Willie Harper Mike Fulk Ed Beverly Arthur Moore John Mitchell Dave Atkins Roger Praetorius Charlie Hunt Tom Dahlberg Larry Pettus Alan Kelso Dennis Morrison Mike Bettiga Mike Oven Bob Erickson

San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XVI Champions

3 Jim Miller 7 Guy Benjamin 10 Matt Bahr 14 Ray Wersching 16 Joe Montana (Super Bowl MVP) 20 Amos Lawrence 21 Eric Wright 22 Dwight Hicks 24 Rick Gervais 27 Carlton Williamson 28 Lynn Thomas 29 Saladin Martin 30 Bill Ring 31 Walt Easley 32 Ricky Patton 33 Ricky Churchman 35 Lenvil Elliott 36 Paul Hofer 38 Johnny Davis 40 Arrington Jones 42 Ronnie Lott 49 Earl Cooper 50 Terry Tautolo 50 Jim Looney 51 Randy Cross 52 Bobby Leopold 53 Milt McColl 54 Craig Puki 56 Fred Quillan 57 Dan Bunz 58 Keena Turner 59 Willie Harper 60 John Choma 61 Dan Audick 62 Walt Downing 64 Jack Reynolds 65 Lawrence Pillers 66 Allan Kennedy 68 John Ayers 71 Keith Fahnhorst 74 Fred Dean 75 John Harty 76 Dwaine Board 77 Pete Kugler 78 Archie Reese 79 Jim Stuckey 80 Eason Ramson 81 Matt Bouza 82 Brian Peets 84 Mike Shumann 85 Mike Wilson 86 Charle Young 87 Dwight Clark 88 Freddie Solomon

Head Coach Bill Walsh

Coaches Cas Banaszek Norb Hecker Milt Jackson Billie Matthews Bobb McKittrick Bill McPherson Ray Rhodes George Seifert Chuck Studley Sam Wyche

1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—consensus national champions

Joe Blahak Maury Damkroger Doug Dumler John Dutton Rich Glover Willie Harper David Humm Larry Jacobson Monte Johnson Jeff Kinney Bill Olds Tom Pate Johnny Rodgers Jerry Tagge Don Westbrook Keith Wortman Head coach: Bob Devaney Assistant coaches: Monte Kiffin Tom Osborne Warren Powers Carl Selmer Jim Walden

1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—AP national champions

Joe Blahak Rich Glover Willie Harper Larry Jacobson Monte Johnson Jeff Kinney Bob Newton Bill Olds Johnny Rodgers Jerry Tagge Keith Wortman Head coach: Bob Devaney Assistant coaches: Monte Kiffin Tom Osborne Warren Powers Carl Selmer

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