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| Position: | Wide receiver,defensive back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1942-05-13)May 13, 1942 Menominee, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | April 2, 2018(2018-04-02) (aged 75) Marquette, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Menominee | ||||||||||||
| College: | Northern Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1964 | ||||||||||||
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William Stiles Rademacher (May 13, 1942 – April 2, 2018)[2] was an American professionalfootball player who played as awide receiver for seven seasons for theNew York Jets andBoston Patriots.[3][4] He earned MVP honors in 1963[5] In January 1969 he played inSuper Bowl III.[5]
During Rademacher's tenure as assistant coach atNorthern Michigan University, the football team went from a 0–10 season in 1974 to a 13–1 season in1975 and won theNCAA Division II Football Championship.[6]
Rademacher became Northern Michigan's head coach in 1978, earning a record of 37–16–1 in five seasons and three NCAA Division II tournament appearances. He was namedAssociation of Mid-Continent Universities Coach of the Year in 1980, and Northern Michigan went 10–0 in the 1981 regular season. He left to coach the linebackers at Michigan State from 1983 to 1991.
Rademacher was inducted into theNorthern Michigan University Hall of Fame in the 1981 and the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[7][8]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Northern Michigan Wildcats(Association of Mid-Continent Universities)(1978–1980) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Northern Michigan | 5–4–1 | 1–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1979 | Northern Michigan | 4–6 | 1–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1980 | Northern Michigan | 9–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | LNCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| Northern Michigan Wildcats(NCAA Division II independent)(1981–1982) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Northern Michigan | 11–1 | LNCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||||
| 1982 | Northern Michigan | 8–3 | LNCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||||
| Northern Michigan: | 37–16–1 | 5–8–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 37–16–1 | ||||||||
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