Bill Ring
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | December 13, 1956||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Carlmont (Belmont, California) | ||||||||||||||
College: | San Mateo, BYU | ||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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William Thomas Ring (born December 13, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1986. He played college football for the College of San Mateo Bulldogs and the BYU Cougars.[1]
Ring was a reserve and special teams player for the 49ers during the early success of the Bill Walsh era. Ring was considered a fan-favorite who was thought too small and too slow to be an NFL player but somehow found a way to hang on in the league for 6 years. He caught his first and only TD pass on December 6, 1981, against the Cincinnati Bengals at Riverfront Stadium, a game the 49ers won 21–3.
Ring currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Connie, and their three children. His son, Billy is a former safety for the San Jose State Spartans.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://historysmc.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/6BA85648-990B-464E-9E71-993014509326
- ^ "#27 Billy Ring". SJSUSpartans.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American football running backs
- BYU Cougars football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- San Mateo Bulldogs football players
- People from Belmont, California
- Players of American football from Des Moines, Iowa
- Players of American football from San Mateo County, California
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1950s birth stubs