Bill Healy
Appearance
![]() Healy in the 1947 season | |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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Position | Guard |
Personal information | |
Born: | New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. | March 28, 1924
Died: | September 22, 2010 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 86)
Career history | |
College | Georgia Tech (1942; 1946–1948) |
High school | Baylor |
Career highlights and awards | |
William Raymond Healy (March 28, 1924 – September 22, 2010) was an All-American college football player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He graduated from Baylor School in 1942 and served in the 88th Cavalry reconnaissance squadron in the European Theater during World War II. He was awarded the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for gallantry in action.[1] At Georgia Tech, he was a five-sport letterman.[2] He was a member of the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame, Georgia Tech Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.[3] Healy was selected by the Associated Press for an all-time SEC team in 1950.[4]
He was drafted in the 5th round of the 1948 NFL draft by the Boston Yanks (29th overall) but never played in the NFL.
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Categories:
- 1924 births
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- All-American college football players
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- Sportspeople from New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Middlesex County, New Jersey
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- College football player stubs