William A. Davidson (June 15, 1915 – August 4, 1970)[1] was an American football back and end who played for three seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League. He played college football at Temple University for the Temple Owls football team.[2]
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| Position: | Back / End | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | June 15, 1915 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Died: | August 1, 1970 (aged 55) | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Mount Lebanon | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Temple | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1937 | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career
edit1937 season
editDavidson played in all 11 games of the season. In week one, Davidson completed a 19-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Gileda against the Philadelphia Eagles. In week ten, Davidson scored a 68-yard rushing touchdown against the Chicago Cardinals. Davidson finished the season with 293 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown, 101 rush attempts and with 4 receptions, 169 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns.[3]
1938 season
editDavidson played in only 10 out of 14 games in the season. He finished the season with 52 rushing yards, 33 rush attempts 12 receptions and 229 receiving yards.
1939 season
editDavidson played his final season with 7 out of 14 games. Davidson finished the season with 21 rush attempts, 33 rushing yards, and 6 receptions and 27 receiving yards. Finishing his career with 372 rushing yards, 155 rush attempts, 1 rushing touchdown, 2 receiving touchdowns 425 receiving yards 22 receptions and 1 interception touchdown return.[4]
References
edit- ^ "1979 - 1970 Pro Football Necrology List". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ Davidson, Bill. "Bill Davidson HB at NFL.com". NFL.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ Davidson, Bill. "Bill Davidson NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ Davidson, Bill. "Bill Davidson The Pro Football Archives". ProFootballArchives.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.