Bill Spears

Bill Spears
	circa 1927
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	August 31, 1906; Jasper, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:	December 31, 1992 (aged 86); Tennessee, U.S.
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Career history
College	Vanderbilt (1925–1927)
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1927); Second-team All-American (1926); 2× All-Southern (1926, 1927); Ranked by coach Dan McGugin as one of his six best players;
	College Football Hall of Fame (1962)

William Douglas Spears (August 31, 1906 – December 31, 1992), known as "Bounding Bill Spears", was an American football player and stand-out quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1925 to 1927. Spears was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962.^[1] Grantland Rice said of Spears that he was one of the fastest quarters he had ever seen.^[2]

^ College Football Hall of fame, Hall of Famers, Bill Spears Member Biography. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
^ Traughber, Bill (September 22, 2004). "College Hall of Fame Includes Vanderbilt". Archived from the original on November 17, 2015.