Jerry Hill (American football)

Jerry Hill
Career information
No. 45
Date of birth	(1939-10-12) October 12, 1939
Place of birth	Torrington, Wyoming, United States
Position(s)	Running back
College	Wyoming
NFL draft	1961 / Round: 3 / Pick: 35
Career history
As player
(1961–1970)	Baltimore Colts
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl Champion (V) AFC Champion (1970)
Career stats
Rushing yards	2,668
Rush attempts	706
Rushing TDs	22
Receptions	112
Receiving yards	970
Games played	102
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Jerry Hill (born October 12, 1939) is a former professional American football running back for the National Football League's Baltimore Colts. He is a native of Lingle, Wyoming.

University of Wyoming

Hill played his collegiate football for Wyoming Cowboys football. He was an All-Skyline Conference running back in 1959 and 1960, and was part of the 1958 Wyoming Cowboys football team that won the Sun Bowl. Jerry Hill was selected as Wyoming Football's player of the 20th Century in 1992.^[1] He finished his collegiate career with 1,374 rushing yards on 288 carries. He was named as an Honorable Mention All-American in 1959 and 1960.

Baltimore Colts

Beginning in the 1961 season he played for eight seasons with the Baltimore Colts, playing in both Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V.

Awards and honors

All Skyline Conference Running Back, 1959
All Skyline Conference Running Back, 1960
Inducted into Wyoming Cowboys Hall of Fame, October 29, 1993.^[2]
Member of 1958 Sun Bowl Champions
Member of 1968 NFL Champions
Member of Super Bowl V Champions
Wyoming Football Player of the 20th Century
Namesake of the Colt 45 malt liquor

References

Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V champions

15 Earl Morrall 17 Sam Havrilak 19 Johnny Unitas 20 Jerry Logan 21 Rick Volk 25 Tom Curtis 27 Ray Perkins 28 Jimmy Orr 30 Ron Gardin 32 Mike Curtis 33 Eddie Hinton 34 Tom Nowatzke 35 Jim Duncan 36 Norm Bulaich 40 Jack Maitland 42 Tom Maxwell 45 Jerry Hill 47 Charles Stukes 49 David Lee 50 Bill Curry 51 Bob Grant 52 Robbie Nichols 54 Tom Goode 56 Ray May 60 George Wright 61 Cornelius Johnson 62 Glenn Ressler 71 Dan Sullivan 72 Bob Vogel 73 Sam Ball 74 Billy Ray Smith 75 John Williams 76 Fred Miller 78 Bubba Smith 80 Jim O'Brien 81 Billy Newsome 83 Ted Hendricks 84 Tom Mitchell 85 Roy Hilton 87 Roy Jefferson 88 John Mackey

Head coach: Don McCafferty

Coaches: Dick Bielski Bobby Boyd Hank Bullough John Idzik Lou Rymkus John Sandusky

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.