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Position
  
Guard/Kicker

Education
  
Role
  
American football player

Name
  
Bill Corbus

College
  

Date of birth
  
(1911-10-05)October 5, 1911

Place of birth
  
San Francisco, California, U.S.

Date of death
  
January 8, 1998(1998-01-08) (aged 86)

Place of death
  
San Francisco, California, U.S.

Died
  
January 8, 1998, San Francisco, California, United States

William Corbus (October 5, 1911 – January 8, 1998) was an American football guard who played for Stanford University.

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College career

Nicknamed The Baby-Faced Assassin due to his youthful appearance and athletic ferocity, Corbus, who acted as placekicker as well as offensive lineman, was Stanford's first two-time All-American in 1932 and 1933.

In 1933, Corbus kicked two late field goals to defeat USC 13-7, helping to fulfill a promise made by his teammates from the class of 1936—a group known as the Vow Boys—to never again lose to USC. That year, Corbus helped Stanford the first of three straight Rose Bowls before graduating as an honor student and student body president.

After football

Corbus played in the era before the NFL draft, and did not continue in professional football. He worked for the A&P grocery store chain, retiring as vice-chairman in 1977. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957 and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. His high school alma mater, Vallejo high school, named their football stadium for him. He died in San Francisco, California in 1998.

References

Bill Corbus Wikipedia


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