Billy Newsome
American football player (born 1948)
American football player
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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Born: | (1948-03-02) March 2, 1948 (age 76) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||
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College: | Grambling State | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1970 / Round: 5 / Pick: 122 | ||||||||||
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William Ray Newsome (born March 2, 1948) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Grambling State University.
He was traded along with a 1973 fourth-round pick (86th overall–Jim Merlo) from the Colts to the Saints for a 1973 first-round selection (2nd overall–Bert Jones) on January 29, 1973.[1][2]
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Baltimore Colts 1970 NFL draft selections
- Norm Bulaich
- Jim Bailey
- Jim O'Brien
- Ara Person
- Steve Smear
- Billy Newsome
- Ron Gardin
- Gordon Slade
- Bob Bouley
- Barney Harris
- Dick Palmer
- George Edwards
- Don Burrell
- Dave Polak
- Tom Curtis
- Phillip Gary
- Jack Maitland
- Alvin Pearman
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