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American football player (1927–2005) For those of a similar name, see William Grimes (disambiguation).

Billy Grimes
Career information
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Date of birth	July 27, 1927
Place of birth	Countyline, Oklahoma, U.S.
Date of death	March 26, 2005(2005-03-26) (aged 77)
Place of death	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Position(s)	RB
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
US college	Oklahoma State
NFL draft	1949 / round: 2 / pick: 20
Drafted by	Chicago Bears
Career history
As player
1949	Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
1950–1952	Green Bay Packers

Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	2
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Billy Grimes (July 27, 1927 – March 26, 2005) was a professional American football player who played running back for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

Career

Grimes played college football at Oklahoma State University. He was selected in the second round of the 1949 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but instead played for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. The following year he entered the NFL when he was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 1950 AAFC dispersal draft. Grimes played for the Packers three years and went to the Pro Bowl after the 1950 and 1951 seasons.

^ "1949 Chicago Bears". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

"Billy Grimes Stats". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
scout.com Packer report of Grimes death
Berghaus, Bob (October 31, 1996). "Halfback Grimes was versatile player". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 10C. Retrieved August 3, 2016.

v t e Chicago Bears 1949 NFL draft selections
Dick Harris Billy Grimes Red O'Quinn Ben Bendrick John Hoffman Jerry Krall Wally "Wah-Wah" Jones Bones Weatherly Bill Wightkin Dolph Tokarczyk Lee Nalley Jerry Tiblier George Blanda George Taliaferro Ernie Kelly Hal Faverty Robert "Al" Wahl John Corbisiero Jim Moran Robert Mitten Bob Heck Jim Duncan Dick Bertuzzi Harry Kane Bernie Smith Stan Marczyk

v t e Green Bay Packers 1950 AAFC dispersal draft selections
Billy Grimes Alton Baldwin Homer Paine James Lukens Abner Wimberly Wilbur Volz John Kerns Ted Cook Jason Bailey Denny Crawford Carl Schuette Zygmont Czarobski Vic Schleich Paul Duke R. M. Patterson

v t e NFL annual punt return yards leaders
1941: Dudley 1942: Dudley 1943: Sinkwich 1944: Davis 1945: Bagarus 1946: Dudley 1947: Slater 1948: McAfee 1949: V. Smith 1950: Grimes 1951: Tunnell 1952: Tunnell 1953: W. Lewis 1954: Switzer 1955: Matson 1956: Taseff 1957: Zagers 1958: Arnett 1959: Stacy 1960: Woodson 1961: Sample 1962: Studstill 1963: Watkins 1964: Gibson 1965: Haymond 1966: Haymond 1967: Hayes 1968: Latourette 1969: Haymond 1970: B. Taylor 1971: Scott 1972: Laird 1973: Thompson 1974: Swann 1975: Colzie 1976: E. Brown 1977: Upchurch 1978: Wallace 1979: J. Smith 1980: J. Smith 1981: Irvin 1982: Bright 1983: Pruitt 1984: Lipps 1985: Walker 1986: Sikahema 1987: Sikahema 1988: J. Taylor 1989: Meggett 1990: Meggett 1991: Mitchell 1992: Martin 1993: Hughes 1994: T. Brown 1995: Vanover 1996: Howard 1997: Johnson 1998: Barlow 1999: Vanover 2000: Mason 2001: J. Lewis 2002: M. Lewis 2003: Rossum 2004: Sams 2005: Mark Jones 2006: Hester 2007: Burleson 2008: Higgins 2009: Cosby 2010: Hester 2011: Peterson 2012: Holliday 2013: McCluster 2014: Sproles 2015: Sproles 2016: Hill 2017: Agnew 2018: Cohen 2019: Harty 2020: Olszewski 2021: McCloud 2022: Marcus Jones 2023: Covey 2024: Raymond

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