| Billy Shaw | |
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| Position(s): Offensive guard | Jersey #(s): 66 |
| Born: December 15, 1938 Natchez, Mississippi | |
| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1961-1969 | |
| AFL Draft: 1961 / Round: 2 / Pick: 11 | |
| NFL Draft: 1961 / Round: 14 / Pick: 184 | |
| College: Georgia Tech | |
| Professional Teams | |
| Career Stats | |
| Games played | 119 |
| Games started | -- |
| Fumble Recoveries | 5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Career Highlights and Awards | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
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Drafted in 1961 by the American Football League's Buffalo Bills, Billy Shaw of Georgia Tech was the prototypical "pulling guard" who despite his size held his own against much bigger defensive linemen like Ernie Ladd, Earl Faison and Buck Buchanan. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo New York Metropolitan area, playing seven of their home games in the suburb The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, or Tech, is a public, Coeducational Research university in Ernest "Ernie" Ladd ( November 28 1938 – March 10 2007) Nicknamed " The Big Cat " was an American Earl Faison (born 1939 was an American college and professional football player who played in the American Football League between 1960 and 1966 Junious "Buck" Buchanan ( September 10 1940 &ndash July 16 1992) was an American football Defensive tackle who With the Bills, he won three straight Eastern Division titles and two American Football League championships in 1964 and 1965.
Shaw was a first-team All-American Football League selection four times (1963 through 1966) and second team All-AFL in 1968 and 1969. He played in eight American Football League All-Star Games and was named to the All-Time All-AFL Team. The American Football League (AFL All- Time Team was selected in 1970 by a panel of Hall of Fame selectors comprised of professional football writers from American Football He made the All-Decade All-pro football team of the 1960s. Shaw played his entire career in the American Football League, and retired after the 1969 AFL season. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The 1969 American Football League season was the tenth regular season of the American Football League and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger.
Shaw is the only player ever inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame without ever playing in the NFL. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL
See also
External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- Shaw's 1965 Topps football card
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