Willie Harper Date of birth: (1950-07-30) July 30, 1950 (age 69) Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio Career information Position(s): Linebacker College: Nebraska NFL Draft: 1973 / Round: 2/ Pick 41 Organizations As player: 1973-198319841985 San Francisco 49ersNew Jersey Generals (USFL)Houston Gamblers (USFL) Career highlights and awards Honors: 1972 All-America (1972) Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com Willie Miles Harper (born July 30, 1950 in Toledo, Ohio) is a former American Football linebacker who played for the San Francisco 49ers. Harper played high school football for Toledo Scott and college football at University of Nebraska where he was an All-American in 1972 and was drafted in the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft by the 49ers, who he stayed with for eleven years, from 1973 to 1983. He moved to the USFL in 1984 to play for the New Jersey Generals. He finished his career with the Houston Gamblers in 1985. v · d · e1971 College Football All-America Team consensus selectionsOffense QB Pat Sullivan RB Ed Marinaro RB Johnny Musso RB Greg Pruitt E Terry Beasley E Johnny Rodgers OT Dave Joyner OT Jerry Sisemore G Reggie McKenzie G Royce Smith C Tom BrahaneyDefense DL Willie Harper DL Larry Jacobson DL Mel Long DL Walt Patulski DL Sherman White LB Jeff Siemon LB Mike Taylor DB Tommy Casanova DB Clarence Ellis DB Ernie Jackson DB Bobby Majors v · d · e1972 College Football All-America Team consensus selectionsOffense QB Bert Jones RB Otis Armstrong RB Woody Green RB Greg Pruitt WR Johnny Rodgers TE Charle Young OT Paul Seymour OT Jerry Sisemore G John Hannah G Ron Rusnak C Tom BrahaneyDefense DL Bruce Bannon DL Dave Butz DL Rich Glover DL Willie Harper DL Greg Marx LB Randy Gradishar LB John Skorupan DB Cullen Bryant DB Randy Logan DB Robert Popelka DB Brad Van Pelt v · d · eSan Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XVI Champions 3 Jim Miller | 7 Guy Benjamin | 14 Ray Wersching | 16 Joe Montana (MVP) | 20 Amos Lawrence | 21 Eric Wright | 22 Dwight Hicks | 24 Rick Gervais | 27 Carlton Williamson | 28 Lynn Thomas | 29 Saladin Martin | 30 Bill Ring | 31 Walt Easley | 32 Ricky Patton | 35 Lenvil Elliott | 38 Johnny Davis | 42 Ronnie Lott | 49 Earl Cooper | 51 Randy Cross | 52 Bobby Leopold | 53 Milt McColl | 54 Craig Puki | 56 Fred Quillan | 57 Dan Bunz | 58 Keena Turner | 59 Willie Harper | 60 John Choma | 61 Dan Audick | 62 Walt Downing | 64 Jack Reynolds | 65 Lawrence Pillers | 66 Allan Kennedy | 68 John Ayers | 71 Keith Fahnhorst | 74 Fred Dean | 75 John Harty | 76 Dwaine Board | 78 Archie Reese | 79 Jim Stuckey | 80 Eason Ramson | 84 Mike Shumann | 85 Mike Wilson | 86 Charle Young | 87 Dwight Clark | 88 Freddie Solomon Head Coach: Bill Walsh Coaches: Cas Banaszek | Norb Hecker | Milt Jackson | Billie Matthews | Bobb McKittrick | Bill McPherson | Ray Rhodes | George Seifert | Chuck Studley | Sam Wyche v · d · e1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—consensus national champions Joe Blahak John Dutton Rich Glover Willie Harper David Humm Larry Jacobson Monte Johnson Jeff Kinney Bill Olds Tom Pate Johnny Rodgers Jerry Tagge Don Westbrook Keith Wortman Head coach: Bob Devaney Assistant coaches: Monte Kiffin Tom Osborne Warren Powers Carl Selmer Jim Walden v · d · e1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—AP national champions Joe Blahak Rich Glover Willie Harper Larry Jacobson Monte Johnson Jeff Kinney Bob Newton Bill Olds Johnny Rodgers Jerry Tagge Keith Wortman Head coach: Bob Devaney Assistant coaches: Monte Kiffin Tom Osborne Warren Powers Carl Selmer Persondata Name Harper, Willie Alternative names Short description American football player Date of birth July 30, 1950 Place of birth Toledo, Ohio Date of death Place of death This biographical article relating to an American football linebacker born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help The American Football Database by expanding it.v · d · e Categories: 1950 births Living people All-American college football players American football linebackers Houston Gamblers players Nebraska Cornhuskers football players New Jersey Generals players San Francisco 49ers players Super Bowl champions American football linebacker, 1950s birth stubs Add category Cancel Save Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.