Bill Staley

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Bill Staley
Bill Staley 1969.jpg
No. 76
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1946-09-09) September 9, 1946 (age 77)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
College: Utah State
NFL draft: 1968  / Round: 2 / Pick: 1
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Fumbles:2
Player stats at PFR

William Patrick Staley (born September 9, 1946) is a former American football player. He played five years as an AFL and NFL football player for a total of 49 games. Two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, three with the Chicago Bears [1] [2]

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College career

Staley played defensive end at Utah State. [3] The 25 most highly drafted football players from Utah State. [4] Beban heads list for Heisman Trophy Title and Staley was among the top 10 which included Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson [5] While at Utah, Staley was Playboy 1967 All-American Defense [6] Staley played 49 games (21 starts) for the Bengals And the Chicago Bears over five seasons on the defensive line. [7]

During the second to last game at Utah state Staley suffered a shoulder separation [8]

Utah State inducted Staley in the Hall of Fame class of 1995 [9]

Professional career

Staley was selected in the second round of the 1968 NFL draft. He has the distinction of being the second-pick ever by the Cincinnati Bengals franchise. [10] Staley played under Paul Brown who founded the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1970, the Bengals traded Staley, along with linebacker Harry Gunner, to the Chicago Bears for tackle Rufus Mayes. Staley retired after spending three years with the Bears.

Life after Football

Staley lives on a farm in California with his wife with chronic headaches, a crippled body, and the beginning of dementia. [11] Staley has Traumatic Brain Injury sustained from playing in the NFL. He wears a whistle around his neck to blow to end the anger like the NFL referees when he has outbursts. [12]

Staley became deeply religious after his football career, in the 1980s becoming an anti-abortion activist. At one event outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ukiah, California in December 1988, Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney confronted him with a deliberately offensive parody of Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, "Will the Fetus Be Aborted?" A few days after the car bombing attempt on Bari's life on May 24, 1990, a letter from someone identifying himself as "The Lord's Avenger," claiming credit for the bombing, was mailed to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The letter briefly cast suspicion on Staley as the author due to the notoriety of the Planned Parenthood incident. It was soon determined that the letter was a hoax from Bari's assailant designed to cast suspicion on Staley, capitalizing on the notoriety of the Planned Parenthood incident. Staley was cleared as a suspect in the bombing. [13]

Personal life

Staley married his wife Nona and they have two children. [14]

He also has a daughter - Shannon Staley.

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  2. ↑ "Like many, Staley struggles in post-NFL life". May 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Like many, Staley struggles in post-NFL life". May 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bill Staley | the 25 most highly drafted football players from Utah State | Deseret News". Deseret News . Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ↑ "Playboy 1967 All-American Defense.JPG - Wayne Owen | Fanbase". Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ "A look at the NFL players from Utah State who were the most highly drafted". May 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bengals' second pick: 'My brain is not working'".
  9. ↑ "Utah State Aggies Official Athletic Site - Utah State University". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Cincinnati Bengals All-Time Draft History". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  11. ↑ "Bill Staley".
  12. ↑ "Original Bengal has rough go in retirement | Comcast SportsNet Baltimore". Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ Anderson, Bruce. "Who Bombed Judi Bari?". Anderson Valley Advertiser, January 19, 2000. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ↑ "Bengals' second pick: 'My brain is not working'".
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