Billy Neighbors
Position(s) Guard
Jersey #(s)
Born: (1940-02-04 ) February 4, 1940
Died: April 30, 2012(2012-04-30) (aged 72)
Career Information
Year(s) 1962 –1969
AFL Draft 1962 / Round: 6 / Pick: 46
NFL Draft 1962 / Round: 4 / Pick: 43Washington Redskins )
College Alabama
Professional Teams
Career Stats
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Stats at NFL.com
Career Highlights and Awards
1× AFL Allstar (1963)
Boston Patriots 1960s All-Decade Team
William Wesley "Billy" Neighbors (February 4, 1940 – April 30, 2012) was an American football guard who played in the American Football League from (1962–1969). Born in Tuscaloosa , Alabama, he played college football at the University of Alabama where he was an All-American , and was selected in sixth round of the 1962 AFL Draft . Neighbors was also drafted in the fourth round of the 1962 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins .
Neighbors was selected to the Boston Patriots All-1960s (AFL) Team and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
His son, Wes Neighbors, was an Alabama All-SEC center from 1984 to 1986.
Neighbors died of a heart attack in 2012.[1]
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