Bill Jessup
Appearance
![]() Jessup at USC, c. 1949 | |
Date of birth | March 17, 1929 |
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Place of birth | Wray, Colorado |
Date of death | January 3, 2015 | (aged 85)
Place of death | Westminster, California |
Career information | |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | WR |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
US college | Southern California |
Career history | |
As player | |
1951–1958 | San Francisco 49ers |
1959 | BC Lions |
1960 | Denver Broncos |
CFL West All-Star | 1959 |
William Dean Jessup (March 17, 1929 – January 3, 2015) was a professional American 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, where he was selected as an All-Star at defensive back.[2][3]
References
- ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JessBi00.htm
- ^ "Bill Jessup, Long Beach football great and NFL player, dies at 85". presstelegram.com. January 17, 2015.
- ^ http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=William-Jessup&lc=4979&pid=173905098&mid=6263507&locale=en_US