Bill McColl
McColl on a 1952 Bowman football card
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| Date of birth | April 2, 1930 |
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| Place of birth | San Diego, California |
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| Position(s) | End |
| College | Stanford |
| NFL draft | 1952 / Round: 3 / Pick 32 |
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| 1952–1959 | Chicago Bears |
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William Frazer "Bill" McColl, Jr. (born April 2, 1930) is an American athlete, surgeon, and politician. He is best remembered as a college football star before becoming a professional with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, for whom he played from 1952 to 1959. He played college football at Stanford, where he was a two-time consensus All-American and third runner up in the 1951 Heisman Trophy voting. In 1951, he was the first person to receive the W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast.
McColl was also a three-time candidate for United States Congress, running as a Republican in his native state of California.
McColl was inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame in 1965. He was also inducted into the Stanford University Athletic Hall of Fame and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
William McColl, Jr., known by the nickname "Bill," was born April 2, 1930 in San Diego, California.
McColl attended Hoover High School in San Diego, where the quick 6'4", 210-pound youth was a multi-sport athlete, starring in baseball, basketball, track and field, and football. McColl was regarded as one of Southern California's top prep athletes of 1948, excelling in particular at football, in which his speed allowed him to get to the edge successfully on sweep plays, while his accurate arm made him his team's second most dangerous passer on option plays.
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