Bill Osmanski

Bill Osmanski
	Osmanski (second from left) and his brother Joe (center) with George Halas (far left), and fellow brothers Harold and Raymond Schumacher
No. 9
Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Born:	December 29, 1915; Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died:	December 25, 1996 (aged 80); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:	Central (Providence)
College:	Holy Cross
NFL draft:	1939 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Career history
	Chicago Bears (1939–1943, 1946–1947);
Career highlights and awards
	4× NFL champion (1940-1941, 1943, 1946); 3× Pro Bowl (1939–1941); First-team All-Pro (1939); NFL rushing yards leader (1939); NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; 100 greatest Bears of All-Time; Second-team All-American (1937); Third-team All-American (1936); No. 25 jersey retired by Holy Cross;
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	College Football Hall of Fame

William Thomas Osmanski (December 29, 1915 – December 25, 1996), nicknamed "Bullet Bill", was an American professional football player who was a fullback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was briefly a head coach after his playing career. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and in 1977 he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

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