CALVIN HILL


'Calvin Hill' (born January 2 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American football running back who had a 12-year NFL career from 1969 to 1981. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns. In 1975 he moved to the WFL to play for The Hawaiians.
Hill was named to the Pro Bowl team 4 times (1969, 1972, 1973 and 1974). In 1972, he became the first Dallas Cowboy running back to have a 1,000 yard rushing season (with 1036 yards rushing); he repeated the feat in the following season with 1142 yards rushing.
Before his professional career, Hill attended Yale University, where he led, along with Brian Dowling, the 1968 Yale team that was undefeated [and untied] until the last game of the season, a 29-29 tie with Harvard. At Yale, Hill was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Prior to matriculating at Yale, he was awarded a scholarship by his family doctor, Dr. William C. Wade to attend the Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, New York. At Riverdale he was an extremely accomplished athlete in football, basketball, baseball and in track and field.
His wife Janet Hill, is a graduate of Wellesley College, where she shared a suite with Hillary Rodham Clinton. They are the parents of current NBA player Grant Hill.
Calvin Hill currently works for the Dallas Cowboys organization as a consultant.

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