Billy Neighbors

Billy Neighbors

No. 73, 63
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1940-02-04)February 4, 1940
Place of birth:	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Date of death:
Place of death:	Huntsville, Alabama
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Northport (AL) Tuscaloosa Co.
College:	Alabama
NFL draft:	1962 / Round: 4 / Pick: 43
AFL draft:	1962 / Round: 6 / Pick: 46
Career history
Boston Patriots (1962–1965) Miami Dolphins (1966–1969)
Career highlights and awards
AFL Allstar (1963) Boston Patriots 1960s All-Decade Team
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

William Wesley "Billy" Neighbors (February 4, 1940 – April 30, 2012) was an American football guard who played in the American Football League from (1962–1969). Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he played college football at the University of Alabama where he was an All-American, and was selected in sixth round of the 1962 AFL Draft. Neighbors was also drafted in the fourth round of the 1962 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.

Neighbors was selected to the Boston Patriots All-1960s (AFL) Team and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

His son, Wes Neighbors, was an Alabama All-SEC center from 1984 to 1986.

Neighbors died of a heart attack in 2012.

External links

• Neighbors' 1965 Topps football card
• Boston Patriots All-1960s (AFL) Team
• Billy Neighbors, Alabama football great and College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 72, April 30, 2012