Willie McClendon
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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Born: | Brunswick, Georgia | September 13, 1957||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Glynn Academy Brunswick, Georgia | ||||||||
College: | Georgia | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1979 / round: 3 / pick: 66 | ||||||||
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Willie Edward McClendon (born September 13, 1957) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. Selected in the 1979 NFL Draft, he played for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1982. He is the father of former Bears wide receiver, and current University of South Carolina wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Bryan McClendon. Both father and son attended the University of Georgia.
McClendon was elected to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and was inducted in February 2015.[1]