Norm Willey
Willey on a 1954 Bowman football card | |||||||||||
| No. 44, 63, 86 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end End Guard | ||||||||||
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| Born: | August 22, 1927 Hastings, West Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died: | August 18, 2011 (aged 83) Newark, Delaware, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||
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| College: | Marshall | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1950: 13th round, 170th pick | ||||||||||
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Norman Earle Willey (August 22, 1927 – August 18, 2011) was an American professional football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles. He went to two Pro Bowls during his eight-year career and was credited with an unofficial 17 sacks in one game which would be an NFL record today. Willey played college football at Marshall University and was selected in the thirteenth round of the 1950 NFL draft. Willey went on after his NFL career to teach physical education and coach football at Pennsville Memorial High School in Pennsville Township, New Jersey; the Norm Willey Boot trophy is awarded annually to the winner of annual football game between Pennsville and Penns Grove High School.
In 2003, he was elected into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame for his career in football and basketball.
Wiley died on August 18, 2011, aged 83, only four days short of his 84th birthday.
In remembrance of Willey, the Pennsville Memorial High School football team represented his initials on each of their helmets during the 2011 season.