Billy Majors

Billy Majors
No. 25
PositionDefensive back
Personal information
Born(1938-11-07)November 7, 1938
Lynchburg, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedOctober 18, 1965(1965-10-18) (aged 26)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolHuntland (TN)
CollegeTennessee
NFL draft1961: 12th round, 168th overall pick
AFL draft1961: 9th round, 68th overall pick
Career history
Career AFL statistics
Games played1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

William Bobo Majors (November 7, 1938 – October 18, 1965) was an American professional football defensive back who played for the Buffalo Bills in 1961 in the American Football League (AFL).[1] He was a ninth round pick of the Buffalo Bills with the 68th overall pick in the 1961 AFL Draft.[2] He played college football at the University of Tennessee.[3]

Majors and two others died in 1965 when their car was struck by a train. He was helping coach at Tennessee at the time.[4]

Majors was posthumously inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.[5]

His brothers Johnny, Joe, and Bobby also played football.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Billy Majors Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ "1961 AFL Draft Listing". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ Shearer, John (December 5, 2005). "Memories: 1965 UT Football Team, Coach Bill Majors". Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ North, John; Wilhoit, Robin (October 18, 2023). "Tragedy on the tracks: 3 UT coaches died in 1965 when a train hit their car. Now, new safety measures are set to be installed at the crash site". WBIR. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bill Majors". Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ "BILLY MAJORS". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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