Billy Gambrell
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Athens, Georgia | September 8, 1941||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Athens (GA) | ||||||
College: | South Carolina | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1963 / Round: 12 / Pick: 92 | ||||||
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William Edward Gambrell (born September 18, 1941 in Athens, Georgia) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 12th round (92nd overall) of the 1963 American Football League Draft, Gambrell played for the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals (1963–1967) and Detroit Lions (1968).
Gambrell won the Most Valuable Player award in the Playoff Bowl on January 3, 1965 after he caught 6 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns in the Cardinals 24-17 win over the Green Bay Packers.[1] [2]
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- 1941 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Athens, Georgia
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American football wide receivers
- South Carolina Gamecocks football players
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
- Detroit Lions players
- American football wide receiver, 1940s birth stubs