Bill Staley

American football player (born 1946)

American football player

Bill Staley

No. 76
Position:| Defensive end
Personal information
Born:|  (1946-09-09) September 9, 1946 (age 78)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:| 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
College:| Utah State
NFL draft:| 1968 / round: 2 / pick: 1
Career history

* Cincinnati Bengals (1968–1969)
* Chicago Bears (1970–1972)

Career highlights and awards

* First-team All-American (1967)

Career NFL statistics
| Fumbles:| 2

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Player stats at PFR

William Patrick Staley (born September 9, 1946) is a former American football player. He played five years as an AFL and NFL football player for a total of 49 games. Two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, three with the Chicago Bears[1][2]

## College career

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Staley played defensive end at Utah State.[3] The 25 most highly drafted football players from Utah State.[4] Beban heads list for Heisman Trophy Title and Staley was among the top 10 which included Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson[5] While at Utah, Staley was Playboy 1967 All-American Defense[6] Staley played 49 games (21 starts) for the Bengals And the Chicago Bears over five seasons on the defensive line.[7]

During the second to last game at Utah state Staley suffered a shoulder separation[8]

Utah State inducted Staley in the Hall of Fame class of 1995[9]

## Professional career

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Staley was selected in the second round of the 1968 NFL draft. He has the distinction of being the second-pick ever by the Cincinnati Bengals franchise.[10] Staley played under Paul Brown who founded the Cincinnati Bengals. In 1970, the Bengals traded Staley, along with linebacker Harry Gunner, to the Chicago Bears for tackle Rufus Mayes. Staley retired after spending three years with the Bears.

## Life after Football

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Staley lives on a farm in California with his wife with chronic headaches, a crippled body, and the beginning of dementia.[11] Staley has Traumatic Brain Injury sustained from playing in the NFL. He wears a whistle around his neck to blow to end the anger like the NFL referees when he has outbursts.[12]

Staley became deeply religious after his football career, in the 1980s becoming an anti-abortion activist. At one event outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ukiah, California in December 1988, Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney confronted him with a deliberately offensive parody of Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, "Will the Fetus Be Aborted?" A few days after the car bombing attempt on Bari's life on May 24, 1990, a letter from someone identifying himself as "The Lord's Avenger," claiming credit for the bombing, was mailed to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The letter briefly cast suspicion on Staley as the author due to the notoriety of the Planned Parenthood incident. It was soon determined that the letter was a hoax from Bari's assailant designed to cast suspicion on Staley, capitalizing on the notoriety of the Planned Parenthood incident. Staley was cleared as a suspect in the bombing.[13]

## Personal life

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Staley married his wife Nona and they have two children.[14]

He also has a daughter - Shannon Staley.

## See also

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* Other American Football League players, coaches, and contributors

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ "Like many, Staley struggles in post-NFL life". May 18, 2014.
3. ^ "Like many, Staley struggles in post-NFL life". May 18, 2014.
4. ^ "Bill Staley | the 25 most highly drafted football players from Utah State | Deseret News". Deseret News. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
5. ^ "Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Google News Archive Search".
6. ^ "Playboy 1967 All-American Defense.JPG - Wayne Owen | Fanbase". Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
7. ^ "A look at the NFL players from Utah State who were the most highly drafted". May 4, 2014.
8. ^ "Bengals' second pick: 'My brain is not working'".
9. ^ "Utah State Aggies Official Athletic Site - Utah State University". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
10. ^ "Cincinnati Bengals All-Time Draft History". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
11. ^ "Bill Staley".
12. ^ "Original Bengal has rough go in retirement | Comcast SportsNet Baltimore". Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
13. ^ Anderson, Bruce. "Who Bombed Judi Bari?". Anderson Valley Advertiser, January 19, 2000. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
14. ^ "Bengals' second pick: 'My brain is not working'".

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Cincinnati Bengals 1968 NFL draft selections

* Bob Johnson
* Bill Staley
* Tom Smiley
* Gary Davis
* Paul Robinson
* Dale Livingston
* Jess Phillips
* Warren McVea
* Dave Middendorf
* Al Beauchamp
* Howard Fest
* Bill Kindricks
* John Neidert
* Dewey Warren
* Essex Johnson
* Elmo Maple
* Sidney Ellis
* Charles Williams
* James Johnson
* Steve Smith
* Wes Bean
* Harry Gunner
* Ed Brantley
* Phil Johnson
* Steve Hanrahan
* Wayne Patrick
* James Russell
* Wally Scott
* Jeff Banks
* Bob Trumpy
* Harold Jones
* James Bivins
* Teddy Washington
* Les Webster
* Steve Lewicke
* Harvey Palmore
* Joe Mira
* Jim Williams
* Brown Marks
* Don Manning
* Jimmy Smith

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Cincinnati Bengals 1968 inaugural season roster

* Dan Archer
* Marty Baccaglio
* Estes Banks
* Al Beauchamp
* Danny Brabham
* Frank Buncom
* Steve Chomyszak
* Paul Elzey
* Bernie Erickson
* Howard Fest
* Curt Frazier
* White Graves
* Jim Griffin
* Harry Gunner
* Sherrill Headrick
* Ken Herock
* Mike Hibler
* Bobby Hunt
* Bob Johnson
* Essex Johnson
* Willie Jones
* Rex Keeling
* Bob Kelly
* Bill Kindricks
* Charlie King
* Ron Lamb
* Dale Livingston
* John Matlock
* Pat Matson
* Ed McCall
* Wayne McClure
* Warren McVea
* Dave Middendorf
* John Neidert
* Pete Perreault
* Bill Peterson
* Jess Phillips
* Dennis Randall
* Andy Rice
* Paul Robinson
* Saint Saffold
* Bill Scott
* Rod Sherman
* Tom Smiley
* Fletcher Smith
* Philip Spiller
* Bill Staley
* John Stofa
* Bob Trumpy
* Dewey Warren
* Teddy Washington
* Andre White
* Monk Williams
* Ernie Wright
* Sam Wyche

Head Coach: Paul Brown

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