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William Vernell Wood Sr. (December 23, 1936 – February 3, 2020) was an American professional football player and coach. He played as a safety with the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL). Wood was an eight-time Pro Bowler and a nine-time All-Pro.
Overlooked and unwanted at a time when the NFL draft comprised 20 rounds, Willie Wood signed with the Packers as a free agent and developed into one of the NFL's best ever free safeties....
Feb 3, 2020 · Willie Wood, Pro Football Hall of Famer, hero of Super Bowl I and starting safety on all five of Vince Lombardi's championship teams in the 1960s, died Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, at an assisted...
He ranks second in all-time Packer history with 48 interceptions, winning the NFL title in 1962 with nine thefts. Willie captured the league's punt return crown in 1961 with a 16.1 average. Willie was a starting safety for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I and II.
Willie Wood, a Hall of Fame safety whose key interception in Super Bowl I helped carry the Green Bay Packers to a 35-10 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs, died Monday in Washington, D.C. He...
Feb 4, 2020 · Willie Wood, a Hall of Fame football player and former safety for the Green Bay Packers, died Monday in Washington DC, according to a statement from the team. He was 83. Wood won two...
Feb 4, 2020 · 0:04. 0:56. Willie Wood was a fiercely athletic safety for the Green Bay Packers whose interception in Super Bowl I remains a cherished highlight for the organization. Wood died Monday at an assisted living facility in his hometown of Washington, D.C., the Packers announced. He was 83.
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