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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 24, 1938 Rigby, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | September 17, 2020 (aged 82) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Rigby (Rigby, Idaho) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Utah | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 7 / pick: 74 | ||||||||||||
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| Career: | 2–1 (.667) | ||||||||||||
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Lawrence Frank Wilson (March 24, 1938 – September 17, 2020) was an American professional football safety who played with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).[1] An eight-time Pro Bowl selection, he played his entire 13-year career with the Cardinals and remained on the team's payroll until 2003, long after the team moved to Phoenix in the 1988 season.[2][3]
Wilson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978,[4] his first year of eligibility,[1][5] was named to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1994[6] and was named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team in 2019.[7]