Walter Edward Easley (September 8, 1957 – February 14, 2013) was a

fullback Fullback or Full back may refer to: Sports * A position in various kinds of football, including: ** Full-back (association football), in association football (soccer), a defender playing in a wide position ** Fullback (gridiron football), in Americ ...

in the

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and

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. He played his college football for the

West Virginia Mountaineers The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University, an American university located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Moun ...

, running for 1,773 yards and 19 touchdowns. In the NFL, he played two years for the

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

and was a member of the Super Bowl XVI championship team. With the 49ers, he rushed for 235 yards on 81 carries and caught nine passes for 62 yards. He later played for the

Chicago Blitz The Chicago Blitz was a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid-1980s. They played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Team history The Blitz were one of the twelve charter franchis ...

and

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in the USFL.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Easley, Walt 1957 births 2013 deaths West Virginia Mountaineers football players American football fullbacks San Francisco 49ers players Chicago Blitz players Sportspeople from Charleston, West Virginia Pittsburgh Maulers players Players of American football from West Virginia