- Bill Groman
Infobox Pro Football player
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DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1936|7|17|mf=y
Birthplace=Tiffin, OH
Jersey=89
DateOfDeath=
Position=Wide receiver
College=Heidelberg
Stats=Y
Career Highlights=Y
AFLDraftedYear=
AFLDraftedRound=
DatabaseFootball=GROMABIL01
PFR=GromBi00
TSNAllAFL=1960
AFLAllStar=1960
Honors=AFL Champion (Oilers) 1960, 1961
AFL Champion (Bills) 1964, 1965
Awards=
Records=Most AFL Championships (4)
years=1960-1962
1963
1964, 1965
teams=AFLHouston Oilers
AFLDenver Broncos
AFLBuffalo Bills
HOF=William Frederick Groman (born
July 17 ,1936 in Tiffin,Ohio ) was anAmerican football player. Awide receiver , he playedcollege football atHeidelberg College , and played professionally in theAmerican Football League for theHouston Oilers from 1960 through 1962 and was on the first two AFL Championship teams. He played for theDenver Broncos in 1963, and for theBuffalo Bills in 1964 and 1965, playing on the Bills' two American Football League Championship teams. In his six years of professional football, he played on four AFL championship teams, the only man ever to do so.Groman has more yards receiving in a rookie year than any other player (1473 in 1960, when the season was 14 games long rather than the current 16). He was selected as one of the offensive ends on the first "
Sporting News " AFL All-League Team in 1960. He also has the most TDs by receptions in his first 2 years (29: 12 in 1960 and 17 in 1961).ee also
*Other American Football League players
External links
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1960AFLUnheraldedAllStars.htm#BillGroman Groman's 1961 Fleer football card]
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