Willie Hillman
American football player and business executive
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Position | Center/Guard |
Class | Graduate |
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Born: | 1884 Minden, Louisiana, U.S. |
Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
Career history | |
College | LSU (1906–1909) |
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High school | Minden (LA) |
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William A. Hillman was a college football player for Louisiana State University and an executive with the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit.[1]
College football
Hillman attended Minden High School.[1] He was a center for the 1908 LSU Tigers football team which went 10–0 and was selected as national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[2] He backed up Robert L. Stovall. Hillman scored a touchdown in the game against Texas A&M.[2] He was selected All-Southern by Nash Buckingham of the Memphis Commercial Appeal in 1908.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Past Minden High football teams". Archived from the original on November 6, 2004.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "A Season in Time: LSU Tigers 1908".
- ^ "All SIAA Teams of Past Six Years". Atlanta Georgian. November 27, 2019.
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1908 LSU Tigers football—national champions
- Doc Fenton
- Willie Hillman
- Mike Lally
- John Seip
- Robert L. Stovall
- Head coach
- Edgar Wingard
*selected by the National Championship Foundation
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