Calvin Hill
With Cleveland in 1979
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 2, 1947 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Baltimore, Maryland | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Bronx (NY) Riverdale Country | ||||||||
| College: | Yale | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24 | ||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 6,083 |
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| Average: | 4.2 |
| Touchdowns: | 42 |
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Calvin G. Hill (born January 2, 1947) is a retired American football player. He played running back in the National Football League for twelve seasons. Hill played for the NFL Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Browns. He also played a season with The Hawaiians of the World Football League in 1975.
Hill was named to the Pro Bowl team four times (1969, 1972, 1973, and 1974). In 1972, he became the first Cowboy running back to have a 1,000-yard rushing season (with 1,036 yards rushing); he repeated the feat in the following season with 1,142 yards rushing.
Yale University conferred to Hill a honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at its 2016 commencement. "You are a Yale legend" is the opening sentence of the citation honoring Hill.
Hill was awarded a scholarship to attend the Riverdale Country School in The Bronx, New York prior to attending ninth grade. At Riverdale he was an accomplished athlete in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field, often leading teams that defeated athletic arch-rival Horace Mann School and other Ivy Preparatory School League opponents in the metropolitan New York City-area.
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