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Willie Fleming (born February 2, 1939) is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s BC Lions. Fleming played collegiately as a halfback at the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Hawkeyes ' 1959 Rose Bowl championship team.
7 Δεκ 2019 · Over the course of his eight-year CFL career, Willie Fleming was gifted with the potential to score every time he touched the ball and Lions fans grew to expect his long runs. Willie joined the team in 1959 from Iowa after the Rose Bowl and made an immediate impact despite his 5’9″ frame.
Willie Fleming was known during his career as “Willie the Wisp” because of his elusive running style. During his eight seasons Fleming rushed for 6,125 yards on 868 carries, and caught 231 passes for 4,480 yards and scored 86 touchdowns, one of them on a 109-yard rushing play in a 1964 game.
Many consider Willie Fleming one of the greatest running backs in Canadian Football League history. Known as ‘Willie The Wisp’ for the way he made would-be tacklers miss with his sheer speed and remarkable agility, Willie played eight seasons for the BC Lions from 1959-66 and rewrote the Lions record book in that time.
Willie Fleming (born February 2, 1939) is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s BC Lions. Fleming played collegiately as a halfback at the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Hawkeyes' 1959 Rose Bowl championship team.
15 Ιουλ 2009 · CFLPA CFL Alumni Football Canada U SPORTS Football Canadian Football Hall of Fame CFL Officials. ... Retro Profile: Willie Fleming . JULY 15, 2009 Share . CFL. Follow the CFL ...
15 WILLIE FLEMING. 1959 - 1966. 124 games. Elected into the CFL Hall of Fame on May 28, 1982. On e of the finest running backs ever to play in Canada, the Detroit native was a member of the Rose Bowl winning 1959 Iowa team.
