No. 52, 42, 51, 45 | |||||||
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Position: | Guard, Tackle | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: | February 10, 1943 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Milan (MI) | ||||||
College: | Michigan | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1964 | ||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 119 |
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Interceptions: | 7 |
Fumble recoveries: | 8 |
William Grant "Bill" Laskey (born February 10, 1943) is a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan and professional football for 10 years in the American Football League and National Football League from 1965 to 1974.
Laskey was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and attended Milan High School in Milan, Michigan.
Laskey enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1961 and played college football at the end position for head coach Bump Elliott's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1962 to 1964. During the 1963 and 1964 seasons, Laskey caught nine passes for 118 yards and one touchdown.
Laskey later played professional football as a linebacker in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills (1965) and Oakland Raiders (1966-1969) and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Raiders (1970), Baltimore Colts (1971-1972) and Denver Broncos (1973-1974). He played in the Pro Bowl in 1965 and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a second-team All-AFL player in 1967. Over the course of a 10-year NFL career, Laskey appeared in 119 games, 45 as a starter, and had seven interceptions and eight fumble recoveries.