Bill Atessis
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| Position: | Houston (TX) Jones |
| College: | Texas |
| NFL draft: | 1971 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52 |
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William James Atessis (born July 16, 1949) is a former
High school career
Atessis attended Jesse Jones High School, in Houston. He graduated in 1967. He was a Texas All-State tackle in 1966.[1] Atessis was the state's number one lineman in the recruiting class of 1967.[2] He played baseball and basketball in addition to football. He was inducted to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1995.[3]
College career
Atessis was a member of teams which set a school record 30-game winning streak that currently stands as the twelfth-longest in NCAA history and was a three-year letterman and three-year starter at left defensive end,
The Longhorns also won three consecutive Southwest Conference championships and appeared in three consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic games, winning two
Atessis played in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama in January 1971. He was voted into the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2001.[6] Texas Coach Darrell Royal called him a "[s]uper player, who hasn't played a bad game in three years."[9] He played in the Coaches' All-America Game in Lubbock, Texas on June 28, 1971.[10]
In 2005, he was named to the All-Time University of Texas team by the Austin American-Statesman and was named to the Red River Rivalry all-time team by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In 2006, he was named number 16 on a list of the 50 best players in Texas Longhorn history.[1]
NFL
Atessis was drafted in the second round, with the 52nd overall pick, of the
References
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- ^ Barron, David (August 23, 2019). "2019 football season brings major convergence of past, present". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com - All-Time Lettermen". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
- ^ "www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com - Bowl Games". Archived from the original on April 26, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
- ^ "www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com - All-Conference". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
- ^ "Sport: TIME'S All-America Team: Prime Prospects For the Pros". December 28, 1970. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2017 – via www.Time.com.
- ^ "Odessa American Newspaper Archives, Jun 29, 1971, p. 10- NewspaperArchive®". NewspaperArchive.com. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Bill Atessis". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved February 29, 2024.