Willie Davis (defensive end)

Willie Davis

Davis (far left) playing for the Packers in Super Bowl I, 1967
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Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1934-07-24)July 24, 1934 Lisbon, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:	April 15, 2020(2020-04-15) (aged 85) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High school:	Booker T Washington (Texarkana, Arkansas)
College:	Grambling State
NFL draft:	1956 / round: 15 / pick: 181
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1958–1959) Green Bay Packers (1960–1969)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (I, II) 5× NFL champion (1961, 1962, 1965–1967) 5× First-team All-Pro (1962, 1964–1967) Second-team All-Pro (1963) 5× Pro Bowl (1963–1967) NFL 1960s All-Decade Team NFF Distinguished American Award (1982) Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Fumbles recovered: 22 Games played: 162 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Willie D. Davis^[1] (July 24, 1934 – April 15, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Davis played college football for the Grambling State Tigers before being drafted 181st in the 1956 NFL draft. He spent 12 seasons in the NFL, playing for the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers.

In the NFL, Davis was a five-time champion, including winning the first two Super Bowls under Vince Lombardi. Individually, Davis was a six-time All-Pro, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.