Jessup at USC, c. 1949 | |
Date of birth | (1929-03-17)March 17, 1929 |
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Place of birth | Wray, Colorado |
Date of death | January 3, 2015(2015-01-03) (aged 85) |
Place of death | Westminster, California |
Career information | |
CFL status | International |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
US college | Southern California |
High school | Long Beach Polytechnic (CA) |
NFL draft | 1951 / round: 11 / pick: 126 |
Drafted by | San Francisco 49ers |
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. 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.
References
- "Bill Jessup Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- "Bill Jessup, Long Beach football great and NFL player, dies at 85". presstelegram.com. January 17, 2015.
- "William Jessup Obituary - Westminster, CA".
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