- Bill Burrell
William Burrell (died 1998) is a former
American football player at the University of Illinois.A
linebacker and guard, in 1959 Burrell won theChicago Tribune Silver Football as theMVP of theBig Ten Conference . Burrell also finished fourth in the voting for theHeisman Trophy that year [ [http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Almanac/Heisman/1950_1959.htm] Dead link|date=March 2008] , and was a consensusAll-American [ [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/footall2.shtml#1959 HickokSports.com - History - Football All-America Teams 1937-1976 ] ] .Burrell was drafted by the
Buffalo Bills in the1960 American Football League Draft [ [http://www.buffalobills.com/history/Draft1960.jsp Draft - 1960 - Buffalo Bills ] ] , and by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth round of the1960 NFL Draft [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1960&lg=NFL 1960 NFL Draft on databaseFootball.com ] ] .Burrell attended Central High School in
Clifton, Illinois .Bill Burrell is a member of
The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.Bill Burrell died on
March 22 ,1998 . [ [http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/search/?q=butkus&sort=relevance&startrow=1 Illini SportsFacts Search ] ]References
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