Bill Redell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bill Redell

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1941

Place of Birth: Red Bluff, California, United States

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Bill Redell

  • Bill Redell (born April 17, 1941) is a former American football coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
  • Redell served as head coach at Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California and developed them into one of California's best high school football programs.
  • The Oaks Christian Lions finished 6th on the final USA Today prep football Super25 ranking of 2006.Redell played quarterback at San Marino High School in San Marino, California, earning a scholarship from the University of Southern California (USC), but later transferred to play at Occidental College, in 1962 and 1963.
  • In his two years at Occidental he passed for 1,567 yards and rushed for 1,583.
  • He passed for 11 touchdowns and rushed for eight.
  • He completed 68 percent of pass attempts.
  • He averaged 6.3 yards on each rushing attempt.
  • He played cornerback on defense and had seven pass interceptions in his career.
  • He did the team's punting and place kicking, making 36 of 43 extra-point attempts.
  • He led Occidental to two championships in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and was named to the NAIA All-America team in 1963. After college, Redell played six years in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Calgary Stampeders.
  • In 1970, he became a football coach.
  • His first jobs were as assistant on the collegiate level at California State University, Fullerton and California Lutheran University.
  • Then he became a head coach at the high school level.
  • He is retiring from Oaks Christian in 2012. Redell was also a chief executive officer of Bolton & Co.
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  • He is married and has three sons.

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