Virgil Livers

Virgil Livers
No. 24
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1952-03-26) March 26, 1952
Place of birth: Fairfield, Kentucky
Career information
College: Western Kentucky
NFL Draft: 1975 / Round: 4 / Pick: 83
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Inducted into the Western Kentucky University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions: 12
INT yards: 230
Touchdowns: 2
Player stats at NFL.com

Virgil Chester Livers, Jr. (born March 26, 1952 in Fairfield, Kentucky) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played college football at Western Kentucky.

Livers has been an assistant principal at Bowling Green High School since 1998.[1]

Livers is known for a testicle injury during his NFL career with the Chicago Bears, and there are a number of articles on football injuries and the importance of wearing cups that reference his injury, and some that go into excruciating detail.[2]

Livers also played for the USFL Chicago Blitz 1983-1984 as a defensive back. The team went 17-20 in those two years.

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