Bill Spears American football player

William Douglas "Bill" Spears (August 31, 1906 – December 31, 1992) was an American football player and stand-out quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1925 to 1927. Spears was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962. Grantland Rice said of Spears that he was one of the fastest quarters he'd ever seen. One fellow wrote Vanderbilt produced "almost certainly the legit top Heisman candidate in Spears, if there had been a Heisman Trophy to award in 1927." Spears received the most votes for the 1927 All-Southern team, and was selected the first-team All-American quarterback by the Associated Press. The 1927 Vanderbilt Commodores included the nation's leading scorer in running back Jimmy Armistead. Spears's understudy at quarterback was later coach Henry "Red" Sanders.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 31, 1906
Birth place
Jasper Tennessee
Date of deathDecember 31, 1992
Place of death
Tennessee

Search

American football player

college
Vanderbilt University

Topical connections

Alex BuzbeeAmerican football player
Al LoebAmerican football player
A. J. HawkAmerican football player
Ainsley BattlesAmerican football player
Eddie Brown American football player
Aaron PettreyAmerican football player
Aaron BeasleyAmerican football player
Antoan RichardsonBaseball player
Andy ReeseBaseball player
Bob Long Baseball player
Ace MumfordCollege coach
Abe MickalAmerican football player

Bill Spears on Wikipedia