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| Position | Safety | ||||||||
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| Born | (1958-07-25)July 25, 1958 (age 67) Oak Grove, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Oak Grove (Oak Grove, Louisiana) | ||||||||
| College | Yale | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1980: 8th round, 194th overall pick | ||||||||
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Kenneth Wayne Hill (born July 25, 1958) is an American former professionalfootball player whose career lasted ten seasons in theNational Football League (NFL), from 1980 until 1989. Hill played for theOakland/Los Angeles Raiders,New York Giants, andKansas City Chiefs and earned threeSuper Bowl rings, the first two with the 1980 and 1983 Raiders, the third with the 1986 New York Giants. Hill is the first and onlyIvy League football athlete to have played on three Super Bowl championship teams.
Hill played college football atYale University, coached byCollege Football Hall of Fame memberCarmen Cozza. Hill lettered three years, amassing 1594 rushing yards on 356 carries.[1] He gained 910 yards rushing his junior year[2] and returned kickoffs and punts on special teams during three varsity seasons. Hill was named to the 1979 All-Ivy League First-team and 1978 All-Ivy League Second-team.[3] Hill majored in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.[4]
Hill had signed a letter of intent to play football atLouisiana State forCharlie McClendon, another member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Hill was recruited by LSU to play defensive back. "I can't blame him for going to Yale. He's very bright," McClendon remarked. Hill turned down football scholarship offers from, among others, the football programs atBaylor,Mississippi,Mississippi State, andTulane.[5]
Hill, a varsity track letterwinner at Yale for CoachLee Calhoun, had been timed at 4.46 in the forty yard dash, and 9.7 in the 100 yard dash in college. Calhoun thought Hill could run a 9.5 in the 100 if he concentrated on track.[6]
Hill, like former Yale football athletesDon Martin,Dick Jauron and fellowSuper Bowl championGary Fencik, converted successfully todefensive back in the NFL from running back or wide receiver.[7]