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William Francis Leeka (born January 18, 1938) is a former
American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
player. Leeka was born in 1938 in
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, and attended Alhambra High School. He played
college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...
at the tackle position for the
UCLA Bruins football The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles, in college football as members of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The Bruins play their home games at the ...
team from 1956 to 1958. He was selected by ''
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'' magazine as a first-team end on its 1958 All-America college football team. He also received All-Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) honors in both 1957 and 1958. He only played a half season in 1958 due to PCC penalties. He played professional football in 1965 and 1966 for the
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of the
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.


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1938 births Living people American football tackles UCLA Bruins football players Players of American football from Los Angeles {{Amfoot-bio-stub