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George Wilson (February 3, 1914 – November 23, 1978) was a professional football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 end and later a coach
Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportsperson....
 in the National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
's Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit....
 and the American Football League
American Football League

Note: There were three earlier and unrelated major Professional Football leagues of the same name in the United States: one in American Football League , one in American Football League and one in American Football League ....
's Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins

. The Miami Dolphins are the professional American football team based in the Miami, Florida South Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Dolphin Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida....
.

He attended Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
 and played professionally for the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 from 1937 to 1946, winning four NFL Championships as a player. In 1957, he became the head coach
Head coach

A head coach is a professional at training and developing sports men and women. He is typically paid more than other coach . Other coaches are often subordinate to the head coach, often in offense positions or defense positions, and occasionally proceeding down into individualized position coaches....
 of the Detroit Lions and in that same season won the NFL Championship over the Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They play in the AFC North division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
, 59-14. As of the end of the disastrous (0-16) 2008 season, it is the last NFL championship won by the Lions (they've never won a Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
).






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George Wilson (February 3, 1914 – November 23, 1978) was a professional football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 end and later a coach
Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportsperson....
 in the National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
's Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in downtown Detroit....
 and the American Football League
American Football League

Note: There were three earlier and unrelated major Professional Football leagues of the same name in the United States: one in American Football League , one in American Football League and one in American Football League ....
's Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins

. The Miami Dolphins are the professional American football team based in the Miami, Florida South Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Dolphin Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida....
.

He attended Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
 and played professionally for the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
 from 1937 to 1946, winning four NFL Championships as a player. In 1957, he became the head coach
Head coach

A head coach is a professional at training and developing sports men and women. He is typically paid more than other coach . Other coaches are often subordinate to the head coach, often in offense positions or defense positions, and occasionally proceeding down into individualized position coaches....
 of the Detroit Lions and in that same season won the NFL Championship over the Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They play in the AFC North division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
, 59-14. As of the end of the disastrous (0-16) 2008 season, it is the last NFL championship won by the Lions (they've never won a Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
). He was replaced following the 1964 season
1964 NFL season

The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who had been suspended for the 1963 NFL season due to gambling....
 and coached one year as an assistant for the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
 before being named the first ever head coach of the American Football League
American Football League

Note: There were three earlier and unrelated major Professional Football leagues of the same name in the United States: one in American Football League , one in American Football League and one in American Football League ....
 expansion franchise the Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins

. The Miami Dolphins are the professional American football team based in the Miami, Florida South Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Dolphin Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida....
 in 1966. After four losing seasons in Miami he was replaced with former Baltimore Colts
History of the Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are 2006 champions of the American Football Conference and the National Football League ....
 coach Don Shula
Don Shula

Donald Francis Shula is a former professional American football coach for the National Football League. He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the National Football League first and only post-AFL/NFL merger Perfect Season....
 after the 1969-70 season
1969 American Football League season

The 1969 American Football League season was the tenth season of the American Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the AFL's 10th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each Kansas City Chiefs player wore a patch on his jersey with the logo during Super Bowl IV, the final Professional American fo...
.

In 1980, Wilson was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Wilson's career record was 68-84-8 as head coach, with 2-0 record in the postseason.

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