Dave Hill (American football)
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Lanett, Alabama, U.S. | February 1, 1941||||||
Died: | March 14, 2022 | (aged 81)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||
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College: | Auburn | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 5 / Pick: 62 | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 24 / Pick: 192 | ||||||
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David Harris Hill (February 1, 1941 – March 14, 2022) was an American football player. He is a member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 2011,[1] and a member of the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Honor, inducted in 1997.[2]
Hill was born in
A 24th round draft choice in
He started for the Chiefs at right tackle in Super Bowl I and Super Bowl IV, earning two AFL Championship rings and a World Championship ring, and playing in the first (Super Bowl I) and last (Super Bowl IV) World Championships between the champions of the AFL and the NFL. In Super Bowl IV, he handled well one of the best defensive ends of that era, Carl Eller, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as the Chiefs rushed for 151 yards that day, for their first Super Bowl victory. Their second would not come until Super Bowl LIV, exactly fifty years later.
Hill died on March 14, 2022, at the age of 81.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "David Hill – Alabama Sports Hall of Fame". July 24, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ "Official Website of the Kansas City Chiefs | Chiefs.com". Kansas City Chiefs. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ David Harris Hill obituary