Willie Earl Gillespie
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| Position: | Wide Receiver |
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| Born: | October 24, 1961 Starkville, Mississippi |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight: | 170 lb (77 kg) |
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William Earl Gillespie (born October 24, 1961) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL, where he had the distinction of catching the winning touchdown in the Bandits first-ever USFL game.[1][2] He later played in the NFL, for both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings.[3] He went to junior college at East Mississippi Community College,[4] and later attended the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He is the current wide-receivers coach at Starkville High School, his alma mater in 1979.[5]
References[]
- ^ http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/pressbox/8121/dabucsdb/1983banh.htm
- ^ "1985 Tampa Bay Bandits football Roster on StatsCrew.com".
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/player/williegillespie/2514884/profile
- ^ "EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLAYERS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Wait, Ben (1 September 2015). "Starkville's Brown has dominating night vs. Oxford". Retrieved 26 November 2017.
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Starkville, Mississippi
- Players of American football from Mississippi
- American football running backs
- Starkville High School alumni