Bill Neighbors

Billy Neighbors (February 4, 1940 – April 30, 2012) was an American football guard who played in the American Football League from 1962 to 1969. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was a consensus All-American in 1961 and a captain of the undefeated 1961 national championship team coached by Paul Bryant. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1962 AFL draft. Neighbors played his entire professional career in the AFL, with the Boston Patriots from 1962 to 1965 and the Miami Dolphins from 1966 to 1969. He was named to the Boston Patriots All-1960s team and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.