Bill Burrell

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William Burrell is a former American football player at the University of Illinois.

A linebacker and guard, in 1959 Burrell won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the MVP of the Big Ten Conference. Burrell also finished fourth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy that year [1], and was a consensus All-American [2].

Burrell was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1960 American Football League Draft, and by the Chicago Cardinals in the fifth round of the 1960 NFL Draft.

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