Billy Vessels

Football Player

Billy Vessels was born in Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States on March 22nd, 1931 and is the Football Player. At the age of 70, Billy Vessels biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 22, 1931
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death Date
Nov 17, 2001 (age 70)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
American Football Player, Canadian Football Player
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Billy Vessels Life

Billy Dale Vessels (March 22, 1931 – November 17, 2001) was a gridiron football player.

He played college football at the University of Oklahoma and was crowned with the Heisman Trophy in 1952.

With the Baltimore Colts of the National Football Union and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, the vessels continued to play professional football.

Later life

Vessels was employed by The Mackle Company, one of Florida's top developers, for many years after his football career. He became involved in horse raising in the 1970s and served on the Florida Pari-Mutuel Commission from 1976 to 1983, becoming the nation's executive director. He was elected president of the National Association of State Racing Commissions in 1984 and served as the head of Pari-Mutuel Wagering's Florida division from 1987 to 1989.

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Billy Vessels Career

College football career

In 1950, Vessels led the Oklahoma Sooners to the national championship, scoring 15 touchdowns. He received the Heisman Trophy in 1952. He was one of seven Sooners to win the award, under legendary Bud Wilkinson (1969), Billy Sims (1978), Sam Bradford (1978), Baker Mayfield (2017), Kyle Murray (2018) to win the award. He rushed for 1,072 yards, seven hundred yards, and 17 touchdowns during the 1952 season. Because of his work, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

He was also a member of Sigma Nu fraternity at the University of Oklahoma, as well as being a member of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

Professional football career

Following the draft, Vessels was the first pick of the Baltimore Colts in the first round of the 1953 NFL Draft, but he did not join the Colts, choosing instead to play with the Edmonton Eskimos of the then Western Interprovincial Football Union. Vessels led the WIFU, the CFL Western Conference's back-to-back, in rushing with 926 yards on 129 yards and eight rushing touchdowns in his rookie season in 1953. He had 20 passes for 310 yards and one touchdown. With 18 completions and four touchdown passes to only have one interception, the defender had only one interceptions, and while on defense he snagged four interceptions.

Vessels became the first holder to win the Schenley Award as the Canadian Rugby-Football Union's Most Outstanding Player (CRU) Most Valuable Player (the CFL did not exist until 1958). In Canada, the Vessels were only active for one season. In 1954, the Vessels played a single game with the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen of the ORFU, who were stationed as a farm team for Edmonton, which was to try and declare Vessels as a non-import under the laws at the time. He joined the Baltimore Colts in 1956, the team that had drafted him three years ago. He had 11 receptions for 177 yards and a touchdown plus on 379 yards during his Collectibles career. Unfortunately, Vessels' playing career in the NFL was cut short due to a leg injury.

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