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Bill Atessis
William James Atessis (born July 16, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, who won two NCAA national championships. He was a three-year starter and was a second-team All-American as a junior and a consensus All-American as a senior. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.[citation needed]
Atessis graduated from Jesse Jones High School, in Houston where he played baseball and basketball in addition to football. He was a Texas All-State tackle in 1966 and Atessis was the state's number one lineman in the recruiting class of 1967.
He was inducted to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
Atessis was a three-year letterman and three-year starter at left defensive end at Texas from 1968 through the 1970 season. He was a member of teams which set a school record 30-game winning streak that currently stands as the twelfth-longest in NCAA history. He was a starter on the back-to-back National Champion Texas Longhorns teams of 1969 and 1970, and he played in the so-called "Game of the Century" in 1969. He was voted Longhorn Defensive MVP by the Dallas Morning News and Houston Post both in 1969 and 1970.
The Longhorns won three consecutive Southwest Conference championships and appeared in three consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic games, winning two during that time, while he was on the team.
He was a consensus 1st Team All-American in 1970 and was second-team All-American in 1969. In 1970 he was voted Southwest Conference Co-Lineman of the Year. He was a consensus All-SWC choice in 1969 and 1970. He was also a finalist for the Outland Trophy and finished fifth in the voting for the UPI Lineman of the Year, both in 1970.
Atessis played in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama in January 1971 and in the Coaches All-America game in Lubbock, Texas on June 26, 1971, where he won the player of the game award.
He was voted into the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2001; Texas Coach Darrell Royal called him a "[s]uper player, who hasn't played a bad game in three years." was named to the All-Time University of Texas team by the Austin American-Statesman and the Red River Rivalry all-time team by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 2005 and was named number 16 on a list of the 50 best players in Texas Longhorn history in 2006.
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Bill Atessis
William James Atessis (born July 16, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, who won two NCAA national championships. He was a three-year starter and was a second-team All-American as a junior and a consensus All-American as a senior. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.[citation needed]
Atessis graduated from Jesse Jones High School, in Houston where he played baseball and basketball in addition to football. He was a Texas All-State tackle in 1966 and Atessis was the state's number one lineman in the recruiting class of 1967.
He was inducted to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
Atessis was a three-year letterman and three-year starter at left defensive end at Texas from 1968 through the 1970 season. He was a member of teams which set a school record 30-game winning streak that currently stands as the twelfth-longest in NCAA history. He was a starter on the back-to-back National Champion Texas Longhorns teams of 1969 and 1970, and he played in the so-called "Game of the Century" in 1969. He was voted Longhorn Defensive MVP by the Dallas Morning News and Houston Post both in 1969 and 1970.
The Longhorns won three consecutive Southwest Conference championships and appeared in three consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic games, winning two during that time, while he was on the team.
He was a consensus 1st Team All-American in 1970 and was second-team All-American in 1969. In 1970 he was voted Southwest Conference Co-Lineman of the Year. He was a consensus All-SWC choice in 1969 and 1970. He was also a finalist for the Outland Trophy and finished fifth in the voting for the UPI Lineman of the Year, both in 1970.
Atessis played in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama in January 1971 and in the Coaches All-America game in Lubbock, Texas on June 26, 1971, where he won the player of the game award.
He was voted into the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2001; Texas Coach Darrell Royal called him a "[s]uper player, who hasn't played a bad game in three years." was named to the All-Time University of Texas team by the Austin American-Statesman and the Red River Rivalry all-time team by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 2005 and was named number 16 on a list of the 50 best players in Texas Longhorn history in 2006.