page_title: Bill Yearby
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Yearby / Early years
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Bill Yearby
context_page_description: William M. Yearby was an American football player. He played college football as a defensive lineman at the University of Michigan from 1963 to 1965 and was selected as an All-American in 1964 and 1965. He played professional football for the New York Jets of the American Football League in 1966.
context_section_description: Yearby was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1944.  He moved to Detroit as a child and attended Detroit's Eastern High School, where he was the Class A state champion in the shot put in 1962.
caption: Yearby competes for Michigan's track and field team.
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