Bill Spears

Bill Spears
	circa 1927
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	August 31, 1906; Jasper, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:	December 31, 1992 (aged 86); Tennessee, U.S.
Weight	155 lb (70 kg)
Career history
College	Vanderbilt (1925–1927)
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1927); Second-team All-American (1926); 2× All-Southern (1926, 1927); Ranked by coach Dan McGugin as one of his six best players;
	College Football Hall of Fame (1962)

William Douglas Spears (August 31, 1906 – December 31, 1992), known as "Bounding Bill Spears", was an American football player and stand-out quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1925 to 1927. Spears was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962. Grantland Rice said of Spears that he was one of the fastest quarters he had ever seen.

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