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Billy Majors

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Billy Majors
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Position:Defensive back
Personal information
Born:(1938-11-07)November 7, 1938
Lynchburg, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:October 18, 1965(1965-10-18) (aged 26)
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school:Huntland (TN)
College:Tennessee
NFL draft:1961 / round: 12 / pick: 168
AFL draft:1961 / round: 9 / pick: 68
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

William Bobo Majors (November 7, 1938 – October 18, 1965) was a professional American football defensive back who played for the Buffalo Bills in 1961 in the American Football League (AFL).[1] He was a ninth round pick of the Buffalo Bills in the 1961 AFL Draft.[2] He played college football at the University of Tennessee.[3]

Majors and two others died in 1965 when their car was struck by a train. He was helping coach at Tennessee at the time.[4]

Majors was posthumously inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Billy Majors Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "1961 AFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Shearer, John (December 5, 2005). "Memories: 1965 UT Football Team, Coach Bill Majors". Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ^ North, John; Wilhoit, Robin (October 18, 2023). "Tragedy on the tracks: 3 UT coaches died in 1965 when a train hit their car. Now, new safety measures are set to be installed at the crash site". WBIR. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  5. ^ "Bill Majors". Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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