William Thomas Stanfill was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League and then the National Football League after the AFL-NFL merger of 1970.
18 Facts About Bill Stanfill
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Bill Stanfill was a member of Miami's two Super Bowl-winning teams.
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Bill Stanfill attended Cairo High School in Cairo, Georgia, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and track and field.
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Bill Stanfill played defensive tackle for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1966 through 1968.
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Bill Stanfill was awarded the Outland Trophy in 1968 and was named an All-American the same year.
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Bill Stanfill was voted All-SEC in 1966,1967 and 1968 and was the SEC Lineman of The Year in 1968.
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On October 7,1973, Bill Stanfill set the unofficial single-game sack record versus the New York Jets.
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In 1974, Bill Stanfill unofficially led the Dolphins defense in sacks with 10 and was voted a second-team All-Pro by the NEA and Pro Football Writers Association and was an All-AFC selection for the fourth straight season.
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Bill Stanfill is unofficially tied for fourth in the Dolphins' playoff record for sacks with four.
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Bill Stanfill was mentioned by Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti in his induction speech as being an unsung player on the early 1970s Dolphin teams and as being worthy of consideration for the Hall of Fame.
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In 2007, Bill Stanfill was voted to the All-Time Miami Dolphins team.
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On November 18,2010, two defensive stars on Miami's 1972 undefeated team - S Jake Scott and DE Bill Stanfill - were inducted into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll.
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Bill Stanfill lived in Albany, Georgia as a real estate broker [7].
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Bill Stanfill was featured in a Sports Illustrated article that detailed the injuries to former NFL players, which included Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas, Earl Campbell, Joe Jacoby, Curt Marsh, Harry Carson and others.
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SI reported that Bill Stanfill had three surgeries, from August 1993 to January 1996, to fuse four vertebrae in his spine, a problem that started when he jammed his neck during an exhibition game in 1975.
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Bill Stanfill had surgery to repair a hip condition that was cutting blood flow to the hip bone.
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On November 10,2016, Bill Stanfill died at age 69 of complications resulting from a fall.
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Bill Stanfill is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease.