Bill Jessup
 Jessup at USC, c. 1949 | |||||||||
| No. 55, 85, 74, 81 | |||||||||
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| Positions | End, halfback | ||||||||
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| Born | March 17, 1929 Wray, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | January 3, 2015 (aged 85) Westminster, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Long Beach Polytechnic (Long Beach, California) | ||||||||
| College | USC | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1951: 11th round, 126th overall pick | ||||||||
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William Dean Jessup (March 17, 1929 – January 3, 2015) was an American professional football player who played wide receiver for seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos.[1] He also played one season, 1959, with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he was selected as an All-Star at defensive back.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bill Jessup Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Bill Jessup, Long Beach football great and NFL player, dies at 85". presstelegram.com. January 17, 2015.
- ↑ "William Jessup Obituary - Westminster, CA".
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