Bill Jessup
 Jessup at USC, c. 1949 | |||||||||
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| Positions | End, halfback | ||||||||
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| Born | March 17, 1929 Wray, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | January 3, 2015 (aged 85) Westminster, California, U.S. | ||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Long Beach Polytechnic (Long Beach, California) | ||||||||
| College | USC | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1951: 11th round, 126th overall pick | ||||||||
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William Dean Jessup (March 17, 1929 – January 3, 2015) was an American professional football player who played wide receiver for seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos. He also played one season, 1959, with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), where he was selected as an All-Star at defensive back.