Chip Healy

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Chip Healy
No. 56
Position	Linebacker
Personal information
Born	August 16, 1947; Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	October 8, 2019 (aged 72); Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Baylor School ; (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
College	Vanderbilt (1965-1968)
NFL draft	1969: 3rd round, 71st overall pick
Career history
	St. Louis Cardinals (1969–1970);
Awards and highlights
	First-team All-American (1968); First-team All-SEC (1966);
Career NFL statistics
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William Raymond "Chip" Healy Jr. (August 16, 1947 – October 8, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores.

After retiring from football in 1970, Healy moved around Tennessee working for his father's brokerage business, before retiring in 1987. Since 2001, he operated Transitional Living in Nashville, Tennessee, known as "Chip's Place", a treatment and living facility for men struggling with alcoholism, which initially included Healy himself.

A devout Christian, Healy lived in Nashville and had two children. His nephew Will Healy was the head football coach at East Tennessee State.

Chip Healy died in Nashville on October 8, 2019, at the age of 72.

References

↑ "Chip Healy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
↑ "Healy goes from Vandy to NFL". www.vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
↑ "About". www.chips-place.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
↑ "article". www.chips-place.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
↑ Schmitt, Brad (October 9, 2019). "1960s Vanderbilt football standout Chip Healy — a champion for Nashville's recovering addicts — dies". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

External links

Transitional Living website

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[1] "Chip Healy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2026.

[2] "Healy goes from Vandy to NFL". www.vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[3] "About". www.chips-place.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[4] "article". www.chips-place.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[5] Schmitt, Brad (October 9, 2019). "1960s Vanderbilt football standout Chip Healy — a champion for Nashville's recovering addicts — dies". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 9, 2019.