Zema Williams

Chief Zee
Chief Zee with a fan at FedEx Field on January 10, 2016
Born	July 7, 1941 Colquitt, Georgia
Died	July 19, 2016(2016-07-19) (aged 75) Oxon Hill, Maryland

Zema Williams (July 7, 1941 – July 19, 2016), better known as Chief Zee, was a well-known fan and unofficial mascot of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Dressed in a faux Native American war bonnet, rimmed glasses, and red jacket, Chief Zee began attending Redskins games in 1978. He and other local sports personalities are featured in a number of television commercials for Eastern Motors, a Washington, D.C. and Baltimore area car dealership, with several Washington Redskins Players including: Antwaan Randle El, Santana Moss, Willis McGahee.

Born in Colquitt, Georgia on July 7 1941, Williams worked as a sharecropper and picked cotton as a youth. He later drove a truck, when he got a draft notice in 1960. Two years later, he completed his military service at Fort Riley, and returned to driving trucks. By 1968, he was a car salesman in Washington, D.C.

Williams first showed up in costume at RFK Stadium on September 10, 1978. In 1983, Chief Zee attended a game against the Eagles at Veterans Stadium. After taunting the Eagles fans following their team's 10-point loss to the Redskins, he was attacked, suffering a broken leg and torn original costume, leaving him hospitalized. He returned the next year to Philadelphia but after a woman threw a beer in his face, it was his last time.