Willie Galimore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1935
Place of Birth: St. Augustine, Florida, United States
Date of Death: 27-Jul-1964
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Willie Galimore
- Willie "The Wisp" Galimore (March 30, 1935 – July 27, 1964) was an American football running back for the Chicago Bears from 1957–1963.
- He attended Florida A&M University, working with the legendary coach Jake Gaither.
- Galimore is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Galimore possessed incredible speed and lateral movement; many of the opposing players of the time stated that they believed Galimore could run side-to-side down the field just as fast as most men could in a straight line.
- His running style could be said to most resemble the style of Billy Sims or perhaps Terrell Davis, but faster. In a documentary short by NFL Films on Galimore, it was said that he was probably the last great find before NFL scouting became sophisticated.
- Bears assistant coach Phil Handler, while scouting for talent in Florida, received a tip about Galimore's prowess as a halfback, and the Bears subsequently drafted him in the fifth round (58th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.
- His contemporaries (including Chuck Bednarik and Doug Atkins) referred to Galimore as one of the best runners they ever faced. Galimore's last visit to his hometown of St.
- Augustine, Florida came just weeks before his death, and he participated in the St.
- Augustine movement during the Civil Rights Movement, becoming the first Black person who was able to register as a guest at the previously all-white Ponce de Leon Motor Lodge (where the arrest of the 72-year-old mother of the governor of Massachusetts for trying to be served in a racially integrated group had made national headlines a few months before).
- Galimore's civil rights activism is honored with a Freedom Trail marker at his home at 57 Chapin Street in St.
- Augustine.
- His widow, Mrs.
- Audrey Galimore, took part in the dedication of the marker on July 2, 2007.
- A community center in the historic Lincolnville neighborhood of the city also bears Galimore's name, and he is depicted on a historical mural painted by schoolchildren on Washington Street.
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