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{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Andre Tillman
| position = [[Tight end]]
| number = 87
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|1}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 230
| draftyear = 1974
| draftround = 2
| draftpick = 38
| high_school = [[Lake Highlands High School|Lake Highlands]] (Dallas, Texas)
| college = [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]
| teams =
* [[Miami Dolphins]] ({{NFL Year|1974}}–{{NFL Year|1978}})
| highlights =
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1973 College Football All-America Team|1973]])
* First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1973 All-Southwest Conference football team|1973]])
| statlabel1 = [[Reception (American football)|Reception]]s
| statvalue1 = 66
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 757
| statlabel3 = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue3 = 6
}}

'''Andre Tillman''' (born November 1, 1952) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[tight end]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Growing up, he attended [[Lake Highlands High School]].<ref name = "LHHS graduates">{{cite web|title=LHHS graduates are inspiring the fashion world|url=http://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/1993/05/lhhs-graduates-inspiring-fashion-world/|website=lakehighlands.advocatemag|accessdate=March 12, 2018|date=May 1, 1993|quote=Not surprisingly, Andre Tillman also will be inducted. Andre is a ’70 grad who was an outstanding LHHS football and basketball player}}</ref> He played [[college football]] for the [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech Red Raiders]].<ref name = "LHHS graduates"/> He was selected by the [[Miami Dolphins]] in the second round of the [[1974 NFL draft]]. As of 2017, he was one of five tight ends to ever be selected in the second round by the Dolphins.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Poupart|first1=Alain|title=2017 NFL Draft Preview: Dolphins Tight End Draft History|url=http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-7/2017-NFL-Draft-Preview-Dolphins-Tight-End-Draft-History/f1d1b06a-9564-418c-9595-efe61fecd851|website=miamidolphins.com|accessdate=March 11, 2018|date=April 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312144554/http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-7/2017-NFL-Draft-Preview-Dolphins-Tight-End-Draft-History/f1d1b06a-9564-418c-9595-efe61fecd851|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tillman played in a total of 58 games for the Dolphins from 1975 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andre Tillman|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/andretillman/2527430/profile|website=nfl.com|accessdate=March 12, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Dolphins1974DraftPicks}}

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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football tight ends]]
[[Category:Miami Dolphins players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Dallas]]
[[Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders football players]]
[[Category:Lake Highlands High School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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Andre Tillman - Revision history

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