Tony Hill (American football)
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 23, 1956 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Diego, California | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 199 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly | ||||||||
| College: | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1977 / Round: 3 / Pick: 62 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 479 |
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| Receiving yards: | 7,988 |
| Touchdowns: | 51 |
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Leroy Anthony Hill, Jr. (born June 23, 1956) is a former American football wide receiver of the National Football League, who played ten seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. He played collegiately at Stanford University.
Hill was a high school quarterback at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where he followed in the footsteps of an earlier-day record passer, Gene Washington. He broke most of Washington's high school passing records, and then followed him to Stanford University, where he was converted into a wide receiver, and again broke most of Washington's receiving records.
As a senior, he had an ankle injury against Penn State University, that forced him to miss the University of Michigan game and be limited in the next two contests.
He ranks eleventh on Stanford's records with 2,225 career receiving yards. He also had 140 receptions, 18 touchdowns and graduated with a 3.3 GPA in Political Science at the age of 20. He was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.
Hill was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (62nd overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft. He started his career as a punt retuner and backup wide receiver, winning a championship ring with the Cowboys when they defeated the Denver Broncos 27-10 in Super Bowl XII.
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