How to Pronounce William Shakespeare (American football)
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Sep 27, 1912 Staten Island, New York, United States Died on 17 Jan 1974 (aged 61)
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About William Shakespeare American Football
- William Valentine "Bill" Shakespeare (September 27, 1912 – January 17, 1974) was an American football player.
- He played at the halfback position, and also handled punting, for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams from 1933 to 1935.
- He gained his greatest acclaim for throwing the winning touchdown pass as time ran off the clock in Notre Dame's 1935 victory over Ohio State, a game that was voted the best game in the first 100 years of college football.
- Shakespeare was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1935 and was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
- Sharing the same name as "The Bard of Avon", Shakespeare earned nicknames including "The Bard of Staten Island", "The Bard of South Bend", and "The Merchant of Menace."
