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Bill Collins (American football coach) William Newton Collins (born May 21, 1894) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron, Missouri from 1923 to 1925 and William Jew ...

(1894–?), American college football player and coach *

Bill Collins (athlete) William Collins (born November 20, 1950) is an American sprinter, originally running for Mount Vernon High School in Westchester County, New York, where he won four state titlesBill Collins (baker) (1931–2021), co-inventor of the Chorleywood process *

Bill Collins (catcher) William J. Collins (1863 – June 8, 1893) was an Irish professional baseball catcher. He played six seasons in pro baseball; four of those in Major League Baseball. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1863 (exact date unknown). Collins died on June ...

(1863–1893), American baseball player *

Bill Collins (footballer, born 1871) William Collins (14 May 1871 – 13 July 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Collins debuted for Carlton in 1899, then returned home to Rutherglen to pl ...

(1871–1942), Australian footballer for Carlton *

Bill Collins (footballer, born 1920) William Hanna "Buster" Collins (15 February 1920 – 3 November 2010) was an Irish professional association football, footballer. His clubs included Distillery F.C., Distillery, Belfast Celtic F.C., Belfast Celtic, Luton Town F.C., Luton Town a ...

(1920–2010), aka Buster Collins, Northern Irish footballer *

Bill Collins (footballer, born 1933) Bill Collins (23 January 1933 – 5 March 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in A ...

(1933–2004), Australian footballer for Hawthorn *

Bill Collins (golfer) William R. Collins (September 23, 1928 – April 8, 2006) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s and the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s. Life Collins was born in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania and grew up i ...

(1928–2006), American professional golfer *

Bill Collins (ice hockey) William Earl Collins (born July 13, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers, ...

(born 1943), Canadian former ice hockey player * Bill Collins (outfielder) (1882–1961), American baseball player *

Bill Collins (racecaller) William Henry Collins OAM (23 September 1928 – 14 June 1997) was an Australian racecaller and radio and television personality who earned the reputation for being able to accurately call the winner of even the closest of races. Known as ...

(1928–1997), Australian racecaller *

Bill Collins (television presenter) William Roderick Collins (4 December 1934 – 20 June 2019) was an Australian film critic and film historian, radio and television presenter, journalist, author and lecturer best known for presenting Hollywood films on television in Australia. ...

(1934–2019), Australian film critic and television presenter *

Billy Collins (Australian footballer) Billy Collins (29 November 1909 – 18 November 1987) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in A ...

(1909–1987), Australian footballer for Melbourne *

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016). Collins ...

(born 1941), American poet *

Billy Collins Jr. William Ray Collins Jr. (September 21, 1961 – March 6, 1984) was an undefeated American professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1983. His career was cut short after his final fight when he sustained serious injuries against Luis Resto ...

(1961–1984), American professional boxer

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