1. Bill McColl is best remembered as a college football star before becoming a professional with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, for whom he played from 1952 to 1959.
18 Facts About Bill McColl
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Bill McColl played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, earning consensus All-American honors twice and finishing third runner-up in the 1951 Heisman Trophy voting.
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Bill McColl was inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame in 1965.
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Bill McColl was inducted into the Stanford University Athletic Hall of Fame and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Bill McColl was regarded as one of Southern California's top prep athletes of 1948, excelling in particular at football, in which his speed allowed him to get to the edge successfully on sweep plays, while his accurate arm made him his team's second most dangerous passer on option plays.
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Bill McColl was named as a first-team All-CIF football player for Southern California by the California Interscholastic Federation for 1947.
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In 1949 Bill McColl played with the Stanford varsity for the first time.
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Bill McColl became a two time All-American as a Senior at Stanford in 1951.
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Bill McColl was selected in the 3rd Round of the 1952 NFL draft, the 32nd pick overall.
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Bill McColl would become an orthopedic surgeon and serve in Korea as a Presbyterian missionary doctor from 1962 to 1964.
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Bill McColl was recognized by the Pro Football Hall of Fame with a humanitarian award for his service and was voted one of the 10 Outstanding Young Men of America in 1964 by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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In 1970, Bill McColl ran in the Republican primary for a special election to fill California's 24th Congressional District in the eastern Los Angeles County region.
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Bill McColl ran a strong campaign and was involved in a close three way race with former congressmen John Rousselot and Patrick Hillings.
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Bill McColl had moved to the Pasadena-Burbank-Glendale area, and he ran for the 20th Congressional District seat that was being vacated by retiring Republican Congressman Allen Smith.
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Bill McColl made his third and final run for congress in 1982 in the newly created 43rd Congressional District near San Diego.
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Bill McColl married the former Barbara Blanche Bird at Beverly Hills, California, in December 1953, and the couple returned to make a home in Chicago.
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Duncan and Bill McColl are the only father-son All-America football combination in Stanford history.
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Bill McColl died on December 28,2023, at the age of 93.