Mule Wilson
| Date of birth | September 10, 1901 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Honey Grove, Texas |
| Date of death | July 18, 1937 (aged 35) |
| Place of death | Austin, Texas |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| College | Texas A&M |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1926 | Buffalo Rangers |
| 1927–1930 | New York Giants |
| 1930 | Staten Island Stapletons |
| 1930–1931 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1932–1933 | Portsmouth Spartans |
Fay "Mule" Wilson (September 10, 1901 – July 18, 1937) was an American football player. He played in the Buffalo Rangers, New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, Green Bay Packers, and Portsmouth Spartans.
Wilson was born to Thomas Rufinus Wilson and Nancy Jane Bohannon. He attended Honey Grove High School, where he was a star athlete. Mule was the quarterback of the 1921 team that lost the state championship to Oak Cliff High School 7-0. After his high school career, he then was a star at Texas A&M, lettering both in football and track. He was a captain on the football team that won the 1925 Southwest Conference Championship. Mule also was the 1926 Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion. After his time in college, he signed with the Buffalo Rangers. He only played with Buffalo for the 1926 season, then he signed with the New York Giants, and was on the 1927 NFL Championship team. Mule was also part of the Green Bay Packers Championship teams of 1930 and 1931. His career was relatively brief, and injuries cut it short. When he returned home, he was active in the oil industry. Just before his 36th birthday, Mule suffered a heart attack on July 18, 1937.
Fay “Mule” Wilson of Honey Grove won the 100 and 200 yard dashes at the 1A state track meet in 1922 and later ran track and played football at Texas A&M. He became the first Texas state high school track champion (and the first Aggie) to play in the NFL.
As a senior at the 1922 state track meet “Mule” Wilson won the 100-yd dash in 10.2 (a conference 1A record in 1922-24) and 220-yd dash in 23.0 (a conference 1A record from 1922–23) leading his team to a 2nd-place finish in the team competition. There were only two divisions (B and 1A) in the state track meet in 1922 and thus the Honey Grove team competed against all the larger schools in the state and finished 2nd to Austin HS. Honey grove’s Hulen Newberry won the 1A shot put in 1922 at 45’ 05’’ and the two-man “team” of Wilson & Newberry scored 15 points to finish second in the 1A team competition to Austin HS (led by hurdler Mack Keeble with 13 points), which scored 16 points. The three gold medals by Wilson/Newberry remain as the only gold medals won by Honey Grove HS from 1905 to the present.
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