Wilson Whitley
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Wilson Carl Whitley Jr. (May 28, 1955 – October 27, 1992) was an American professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Houston Cougars, where he was named a consensus All-American under defensive coordinator Don Todd. He led the Cougars to the Southwest Conference championship in during Houston's first season as a conference member and won the 1976 Lombardi Award as the nation's top lineman. Former President Gerald Ford presented him the award.[1] He was later named to the 1970s Southwest Conference All-Decade Team.
Professional career
Whitley was drafted in the first round of the 1977 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and started alongside another Lombardi Award winner, Ross Browner, for 6 seasons.[2]
Death
Whitley died at the age of 37, due to a heart attack.[3]
Honors
He is a 1998 inductee into University of Houston's Hall of Honor and was a perennial candidate for the College Football Hall of Fame until his selection in 2007.[4]
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- 1955 births
- 1992 deaths
- All-American college football players
- American football defensive tackles
- Cincinnati Bengals players
- Houston Cougars football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Brenham, Texas
- 20th-century American sportsmen