Wally Chambers
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| Wally Chambers | |
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| Position(s): Defensive tackle |
Jersey #(s): 60 |
| Born: May 15, 1951 Phenix City, Alabama |
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| Year(s): 1973–1979 | |
| NFL Draft: 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 | |
| College: Eastern Kentucky | |
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| Sacks | -- |
| Interceptions | 1 |
| Fumble recoveries | 3 |
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Wallace Hashim Chambers (born May 15, 1951 in Phenix City, Alabama) is a former American football defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1970s. He was selected with the eighth overall pick by the Bears in the 1973 NFL Draft out of Eastern Kentucky University, and played previous to that for Mount Clemens High School, where he graduated in 1969.
Chambers was chosen as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year following the 1973 NFL season and was selected to play in the Pro Bowl three times (1973, 1975 and 1976). Chambers was named All-Pro following the 1976 campaign,1976 NFL linemen of the year, NFC defensive player of the year {1975 & 1976} and also garnered second team All-Pro honors in 1973,1974 & 1975.
| Preceded by Willie Buchanon |
Defensive Rookie of the Year 1973 |
Succeeded by Jack Lambert |
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Categories: 1951 births | Living people | American football defensive tackles | American football defensive ends | American football defensive linemen | People from Alabama | People from Columbus, Georgia | Chicago Bears players | Tampa Bay Buccaneers players | National Conference Pro Bowl players | Eastern Kentucky Colonels football players | NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award winners | Defensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs
