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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. | December 29, 1950||||||||||||
Died: | December 25, 2000 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 49)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Pearl (Nashville, TN) | ||||||||||||
College: | Tennessee State | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1972 / round: 11 / pick: 273 | ||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
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Joseph Wiley Gilliam Jr. (December 29, 1950 – December 25, 2000) was an American professional football player, a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. Primarily a backup, he started the first six games of the 1974 season.