American football player
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1961-10-24) October 24, 1961 (age 63) Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Starkville (MS) | ||||||||
| College: | East Mississippi CC Chattanooga | ||||||||
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William Earl Gillespie (born October 24, 1961) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL, where he had the distinction of catching the winning touchdown in the Bandits first-ever USFL game. He later played in the NFL, for both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings. He went to junior college at East Mississippi Community College, and later attended the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He is the current wide-receivers coach at Starkville High School, his alma mater in 1979. He was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts.
References
- "Tampa Bay Football History Network - 1983 Tampa Bay Bandits".
- "1985 Tampa Bay Bandits football Roster on StatsCrew.com".
- "Willie Gillespie Stats, News and Video - WR". NFL.com.
- "EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLAYERS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- Wait, Ben (September 1, 2015). "Starkville's Brown has dominating night vs. Oxford". Retrieved November 26, 2017.
- "Willie Gillespie NFL Transactions". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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