Everything about Ken Willard totally explained
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Kenneth Henderson Willard (born
July 14,
1943 in
Richmond, Virginia) is a former
American football running back/
fullback in the
National Football League. Willard was drafted with the second pick of the
1965 NFL Draft, by the
San Francisco 49ers ahead of future
NFL Hall of Famers
Dick Butkus and
Gale Sayers. He played nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and one with the
St. Louis Cardinals after opting to pass on his eleventh season after two consecutive years of knee injuries in St. Louis. He attended the
University of North Carolina where he also played
baseball and is unofficially credited with the longest home run in Tar Heel history at 525 feet. Willard was a two-time first round pick in the
Major League Baseball draft—first as a 16
letter winning
high school athlete by the
Boston Red Sox, and then by the
Pittsburgh Pirates while at a student athlete at UNC. He was the first UNC athlete to be named to the first-team Academic
All-America team .
Willard was a four-time
Pro Bowler, selected in
1965,
1966,
1968 and
1969. His best year was 1968 when he ran for 967 yards and 7 touchdowns.
He was a member of the 49ers when the team won the
NFC West title in
1970,
1971 and
1972 and with the Cardinals when they won the division title in
1974.
Honors
In 1985, he was inducted into the
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
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