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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S. | November 17, 1939||||||
Died: | February 8, 2016 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | (aged 76)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Coleman HS, Greenville, MS | ||||||
College: | Jackson State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1963 / round: 7 / pick: 89 | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1963 / round: 3 / pick: 19 | ||||||
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Willie Louis Richardson (November 17, 1939 – February 8, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts (1963–1969, 1971) and the Miami Dolphins (1970).
A first team college All-American in 1962, Richardson was named 1st Team All-Pro by the Associated Press for his play the 1967 NFL season and went to two Pro Bowls.
He is a member of the Jackson State Hall of Fame (1978), the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (1979), and the College Football Hall of Fame (2003).