Mule Wilson

Mule Wilson
Mule Wilson
Date of birth: September 10, 1901
Place of birth: Honey Grove, Texas
Date of death: July 18, 1937(1937-07-18) (aged 35)
Place of death: Austin, Texas
Career information
Position(s): Fullback
College: Texas A&M
Organizations
 As player:
1926
1927-1930
1930
1930-1931
1932-1933
Buffalo Rangers
New York Giants
Staten Island Stapletons
Green Bay Packers
Portsmouth Spartans
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Fay "Mule" Wilson was born to Thomas Rufinus Wilson and Nancy Jane Bohannon. He attended Honey Grove high school, where he was a star athlete. Mule was the quarterback of the 1921 team that lost the state championship to Oak Cliff High School 7-0. After his high school career, he then was a star at Texas A&M, lettering both in football and track. He was a captin on the football team that won the 1925 Southwest Conference Championship. Mule also was the 1926 Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion. After his time in college, he signed with the Buffalo Rangers. He only played with Buffalo for the 1926 season, then he signed with the New York Giants, and was on the 1927 NFL Championship team. Mule was also part of the Green Bay Packers Championship teams of 1930 and 1931. His career was relatively brief, and injuries cut it short. When he returned home, he was active in the oil industry. Just before his 36th birthday, Mule suffered a heart attack on July 18th, 1937.

In 1980, Mule was posthumously enshrined in the Texas A&M Hall of Fame.

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