What is Billy Cannon?
[[Image:Cannon 1961 Topps.jpg|thumb|Cannon on a 1961 trading card]] '''William Abb Cannon''' (August 2, 1937 – May 18, 2018) was an [[American football]] [[running back]] and [[tight end]]. He played professionally in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was born in [[Philadelphia, Mississippi]]. Cannon started playing football at [[Louisiana State University]]. He later played for the [[Oakland Raiders]], [[Houston Oilers]] and the [[Kansas City Chiefs]]. In February 2013, Cannon suffered a [[stroke]] and was hospitalized in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Samuels|first1 = Diana|title = Billy Cannon's family confirms LSU football star had stroke|url = http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/02/billy_cannons_family_confirms.html|work = The Times-Picayune|access-date = January 11, 2016|date = February 19, 2013}}</ref> Cannon died on May 18, 2018 in [[St. Francisville, Louisiana|St. Francisville]], Louisiana at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2018/05/billy_cannon_lsus_only_heisman.html|title=Billy Cannon, LSU's only Heisman Trophy winner, dies at age 80|publisher=NOLA|date=May 20, 2018|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1450545 LSU Tigers bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613214715/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1450545 |date=2015-06-13 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cannon, Billy}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Oakland Raiders players]] [[Category:Tennessee Titans players]] [[Category:Kansas City Chiefs players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Mississippi]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Louisiana]] [[Category:Heisman Trophy winners]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}