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Encyclopedia > William Shakespeare (football)
William Shakespeare
Date of birth September 27, 1912
Place of birth Staten Island, NY
Date of death January 17, 1974 (aged 61)
Position(s) Halfback
College Notre Dame
NFL Draft 1936 / Round 1 / Pick 3rd
College Football Hall of Fame

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An All-American halfback and punter out of Notre Dame, Bill Shakespeare appeared as himself in one feature film, The Big Game (1936). He was drafted third overall in the 1936 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but never played a game in the NFL. In World War II, Shakespeare went from private to captain, won four battle stars and the Bronze Star for gallantry in action. He was president of the Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing Company at the time of his death. All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. ... High school running back A running back, halfback or tailback is the position of a player on an American and Canadian football team who lines up in the offensive backfield. ... The word punter may refer to: Gamblers are also known as punters Someone who uses a Punt (boat). ... This article is about the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Steelers redirects here. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to Nato Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). ... A Captain in armies, air forces and marine forces, is a rank an army or air force rank with a NATO rank code of OF-2. ... In the United States Navy, a battle star or engagement star is a recognition of a ships participation in a naval battle or other combat. ... The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...


In 1983, he was posthumously named to the College Football Hall of Fame. College Football Hall of Fame front. ...


 

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