Bill Rademacher
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Position: | Wide receiver, Defensive back | ||||||||||
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Born: |
Menominee, Michigan | May 13, 1942||||||||||
Died: |
April 2, 2018 75) Marquette, Michigan | (aged||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Menominee (MI) | ||||||||||
College: | Northern Michigan | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1964 | ||||||||||
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William Stiles Rademacher (May 13, 1942 – April 2, 2018)[2] was an American professional football player who played as a wide receiver for seven seasons for the New York Jets and Boston Patriots.[3][4] He earned MVP honors in 1963[5] In January 1969 he played in Super Bowl III.[5]
During Rademacher's tenure as assistant coach at Northern Michigan University, the football team went from a 0–10 season in 1974 to a 13–1 season in 1975 and won the NCAA Division II Football Championship.[6]
Rademacher became NMU's head coach in 1978, earning a record of 37-16-1 in five seasons and three NCAA Division II tournament appearances. He was named Mid Continent Conference Coach of the Year in 1980, and NMU went 10-0 in the 1981 regular season. He left to coach the linebackers at Michigan State from 1983-91.
In 1981, Rademacher was inducted into the Northern Michigan University Hall of Fame [7] In 1983, he was inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame[8]
References
- ↑ "TO BE MSU'S COACH, IZZO LED SPARTAN LIFE » Mitch Albom". 21 November 2008.
- ↑ "William Stiles Rademacher". Lansing State Journal. April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Bill Rademacher Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Bill Rademacher". NFL.com.
- 1 2 Lange, Randy (April 3, 2018). "Early Jets Wideout Bill Rademacher Dies". New York Jets. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ↑ "National Championship Football Team To Hold 35th Year Celebration". 23 September 2010.
- ↑ "Sports Hall of Fame". NMU Sports.
- ↑ swatson. "Inductee Class of 1983 - Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame". upshf.com.