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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1930–2016)}}
{{Other people|William Wade}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
|name= Bill Wade
|image=Donna Reed Bill Wade Donna Reed Show 1959.JPG
|alt=Donna Reed Bill Wade 1959
|caption=Wade with [[Donna Reed]], 1959
|number=9
|position=[[Quarterback]]
|birth_date={{Birth date|1930|10|4}}
|birth_place= [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2016|3|9|1930|10|4}}
|death_place=Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
|height_ft=6
|height_in=2
|weight_lbs=202
|high_school=[[Montgomery Bell Academy]] (Nashville)
|college=[[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
|draftyear=1952
|draftround=1
|draftpick=[[List of first overall National Football League draft picks|1]]
|pastteams=
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1954|1960}})
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1961|1966}})
| pastcoaching        = 
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1967}}) (QB's)
|highlights=
* [[NFL Championship|NFL champion]] ([[1963 NFL Championship Game|1963]])
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1959 Pro Bowl|1958]], [[1964 Pro Bowl|1963]])
* [[List of NFL season passer rating leaders|NFL passer rating leader]] (1961)
* [[NFL completion percentage leader]] (1959)
* [[Chicago Bears#Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time|100 greatest Bears of All-Time]]
* [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Player of the Year|SEC Player of the Year]] (1951)
|HOF=
|CollegeHOF=
|statlabel1=Pass attempts
|statvalue1=2,523
|statlabel2=Pass completions
|statvalue2=1,370
|statlabel3=Percentage
|statvalue3=54.3
|statlabel4=[[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
|statvalue4=124–134
|statlabel5=Passing Yards
|statvalue5=18,530
|statlabel6=[[Passer rating]]
|statvalue6=72.2
|nfl=Billy-Wade
|pfr=W/WadeBi00
}}

'''William James Wade''' (October 4, 1930 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He is considered one of the greatest athletes in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt University]] history. Wade is a member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. He is best known for being the [[Starting lineup|starting]] quarterback on the [[Chicago Bears]]' [[1963 NFL season|1963]] NFL championship team.

==College career==
Wade played for Vanderbilt University. He was named the [[Southeastern Conference]]'s (SEC) Most Valuable Player and a second-team [[All-American]]. He was named MVP of the 1951 [[North–South Shrine Game]] in [[Miami]]. Wade also played in the [[Senior Bowl]] of 1952 and was selected to play in the [[College All-Star Game]] in Chicago.

==Professional career==
He was the first player selected in the [[1952 NFL draft]], by the [[Los Angeles Rams]], but did not join the team until 1954 because of military service.

[[File:Bill Wade 1959.jpg|thumb|left|Wade in 1959]]
Quarterbacking the Rams for seven seasons, Wade's best year statistically was 1958, when he led the NFL in passing yards with 2,875. He asked to be traded to the Bears in 1961 and was sent with teammates [[Del Shofner]] and [[John Guzik (linebacker)|John Guzik]] for two players and a draft pick. Wade topped the league in 1962 in pass completions and attempts, and threw for 466 yards on Nov 11 in Dallas, second in franchise history to [[Johnny Lujack]] (468).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_yds_single_game.htm|title = NFL Passing Yards Single Game Leaders|website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref> He was the first Bear to record four games with 300+ passing yards in a season.<ref>{{As of|2017}}, a record shared with [[Jay Cutler]] (2014) and [[Brian Hoyer]] (2016).</ref> In 1963, he led Chicago to the [[1963 NFL Championship Game]], scoring both Bears touchdowns on two 5-yard drives after turnovers in a 14–10 victory over the [[New York Giants]] in a game played in freezing weather conditions at [[Wrigley Field]].

After retiring from football in 1966, he was offered a position as the QB's coach with the Bears. Wade held the position for one year, before being offered to replace [[George Halas]] as the team head coach. He declined the opportunity at his father's advice, and the position was filled by [[Jim Dooley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/2364998/2021/02/10/chicago-bears-billy-wade-nfl/|title=Billy Wade spread joy, helped the Bears win an NFL championship in 1963}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Wade was named to the Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class.<ref>{{cite web |title = Vanderbilt Athletics Announces Inaugural Hall of Fame Class |url = http://vucommodores.cstv.com/ot/2008-hof.html |publisher = [[Vanderbilt University]] |date = June 26, 2008 |access-date = June 26, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080628112425/http://vucommodores.cstv.com/ot/2008-hof.html |archive-date = June 28, 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Following eye surgery for glaucoma, Wade became legally blind. In an interview with [[Mike Downey (columnist)|Mike Downey]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' on January 30, 2007, days before the Bears played in [[Super Bowl XLI]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida]], Wade said from his Nashville home, "I could get there for the game, but I can't see it." He added: "I've got a Bears cap on right now."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-01-30/sports/0701300224_1_super-bowl-xli-bears-eye |title=Bears still rule Wade's world |first=Mike |last=Downey |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=January 30, 2007 |access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref> He died on March 9, 2016, in Nashville.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/sports/football/bill-wade-star-quarterback-who-led-bears-to-the-nfl-title-dies-at-85.html |title=Bill Wade, Star Quarterback Who Led Bears to the N.F.L. Title, Dies at 85 |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vanderbilt, NFL great Bill Wade dies|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2016/03/10/bill-wade-vanderbilt-football-nfl-chicago-bears/72526512/|access-date=March 10, 2016|work=The Tennessean|date=March 10, 2016|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Western Conference Pro Bowl players]]
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