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American football player
Willie Lanier
No. 63
Position:
Middle linebacker
Personal information
Born:
(1945-08-21) August 21, 1945 (age 78) Clover, Virginia, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school:
Maggie L. Walker (Richmond, Virginia)
College:
Morgan State (1963–1966)
NFL draft:
1967 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (1967–1977)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (IV)
8× All-Pro (1968–1975)
6× Pro Bowl (1970–1975)
NFL Man of the Year (1972)
2× AFL All-Star (1968, 1969)
2× All-AFL (1968, 1969)
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
Kansas City Chiefs No. 63 retired
First-team Little All-American (1965)
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:
27
Touchdowns:
2
Fumble recoveries:
18
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945), is a former American football linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the American Football League All-Star team in 1968 and 1969 before being selected to the Pro Bowl from 1970 through 1975.
A Super Bowl champion, Lanier won the NFL Man of the Year in 1972. He was selected to both the NFL’s 75th
and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams, and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945), is a former American football linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He...
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leading rusher in team history. The longstanding linebacking trio of WillieLanier, Bobby Bell and Jim Lynch was the league's best. The offensive line...
Jerry Mays and Aaron Brown. The Chiefs also had AFL All-Star linebacker WillieLanier, who recorded 4 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery during the season...
National Football League Hall of Famers Rosey Brown, Leroy Kelly and WillieLanier, two-time Olympic Gold medalist George Rhoden, and the coach of the...
Cardinals, a preseason game which the Chiefs won 24–14. Linebacker WillieLanier and quarterback Len Dawson won the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1972...
coin toss ceremony: Bud Grant, Lamar Hunt, Bobby Bell, Paul Krause, WillieLanier, Alan Page, and Jan Stenerud. The E-Trade Super Bowl Halftime Show was...
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playoff. The Raiders won the game and the Western Division championship. Lanier and Stenerud were named Defensive MVP and Offensive MVP of the 1972 Pro...
play in the NFL, including Pro Football Hall of Famers Leroy Kelly and WillieLanier; two more players played professional ball in the CFL. Banks was inducted...
from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2008. "WillieLanier". databaseFootball.com. DatabaseSports. Archived from the original on...
Baltimore Colts 1971 John Hadl Quarterback San Diego Chargers 1972 WillieLanier Linebacker Kansas City Chiefs 1973 Len Dawson Quarterback Kansas City...
1963 1963 Mack Lee Hill 36 1964–1965 Derrick Thomas 58 1989–1999 2009 WillieLanier 63 1967–1977 1992 Bobby Bell 78 1963–1974 1984 Buck Buchanan 86 1963–1975...
starters were the same as they were two years prior. Middle linebacker WillieLanier was a unanimous All-Pro selection following the season, and would likely...
awards, with placekicker Jan Stenerud named the game's offensive MVP and WillieLanier selected as the defensive MVP. This was the last NFL game overall played...
be helped by the other linemen. This freed teammates Buck Buchanan, WillieLanier, and other Chiefs defenders to get into the Vikings offensive backfield...
San Francisco CBS 1971 January 23, 1972 AFC, 26–13 Tied, 1–1 Defense: WillieLanier, Chiefs Offense: Jan Stenerud, Chiefs Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum...
Hall of Famers Len Dawson, Bobby Bell, Buck Buchanan, Curley Culp, WillieLanier, Jan Stenerud, Emmitt Thomas, and Johnny Robinson, and others like Ed...
starring other NFL players including fellow Hall of Famers Lem Barney, WillieLanier, and Carl Eller. Greene also played himself in the movie ...All The...
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