Bill Yearby
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| Date of birth | July 24, 1944 |
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| Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Date of death | December 20, 2010 (aged 66) |
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| Position(s) | DE |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| College | Michigan |
| AFL draft | 1966 / Round: 1 |
| Career history | |
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| 1966 | New York Jets |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Honors | All-America (2x) |
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William M. Yearby (July 24, 1944 – December 20, 2010) was an American football player. He played college football as a defensive lineman at the University of Michigan from 1963 to 1965 and was selected as an All-American in 1964 and 1965. He played professional football for the New York Jets of the American Football League in 1966.
Yearby was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1944. He moved to Detroit as a child and attended Detroit's Eastern High School, where he was the Class A state champion in the shot put in 1962.
Yearby enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1962 and played college football for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1963 to 1965. He was a member of the 1964 Michigan Wolverines football team that won the Big Ten Conference championship, played in the 1965 Rose Bowl, and was ranked #4 in the final AP Poll. He was selected by the Central Press Association, Football News, and Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team defensive tackle on the 1964 College Football All-America Team. As a senior, he was selected as a consensus All-American, and he was also named the Most Valuable Player on the 1965 Michigan Wolverines football team.
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