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Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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Born: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | October 4, 1941||||||||
Died: | April 9, 2005 Bronson, Texas, U.S. | (aged 63)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Murphy (Mobile, Alabama) | ||||||||
College: | Southern Miss | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 17 / Pick: 225 | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 11 / Pick: 88 | ||||||||
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Jerrel Douglas Wilson (October 4, 1941 – April 9, 2005), nicknamed "Thunderfoot",[1] was an American football punter who played for 16 seasons, 15 of them with the Kansas City Chiefs, in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). Wilson played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. He was selected to three Pro Bowls. Wilson was elected to the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1988.[2] He was selected in the 17th round of the 1963 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams[3] and in the 11th round of the 1963 AFL draft by the Chiefs. He is the only punter to be a leader in punting yards for a season in multiple leagues.
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