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{{Short description|American football player (1940–2020)}}
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| position       = [[Defensive end]]
| number         = 85
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1940|8|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|2020|5|3|1940|8|4}}
| death_place    = [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], U.S.
| height_ft      = 6
| height_in      = 6
| weight_lbs     = 245
| draftyear      = 1962
| draftround     = 3
| draftpick      = 35
| afldraftyear   = 1962
| afldraftround  = 5
| afldraftpick   = 38
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| high_school    = [[Tarboro High School|Tarboro (NC)]]
| college        = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]]
| pastteams      =
* [[History of the Kansas City Chiefs|Dallas Texans]] ([[1962 Dallas Texans season|1962]])
| statlabel1     = Games played
| statvalue1     = 14
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| highlights     =
* [[AFL Championship#1962 Championship|1962 AFL champion]]
* Second-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[1961 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|1961]])
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'''Harry William Hull Jr.''' (August 4, 1940 – May 3, 2020) was an [[American football]] [[defensive end]] who played in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) for the [[History of the Kansas City Chiefs|Dallas Texans]] in 1962.
==Career==
Hull played [[college football]] at [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]] and was selected by the [[National Football League]]'s [[Chicago Bears]] in the 3rd round (35th overall) of the [[1962 NFL draft]] and the AFL's  [[History of the New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]] in the 5th round (38th overall) of the [[1962 AFL Draft]] but did not play for either team. He played only one season professionally with the AFL's [[History of the Kansas City Chiefs|Dallas Texans]]. He [[Interception|intercepted]] [[George Blanda]] late in the first [[Overtime (sports)|overtime]] of professional football's longest championship game.  In that [[1962 AFL season|1962]] [[American Football League playoffs|American Football League Championship]] game against the [[History of the Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]], Hull's interception allowed the Texans to start the second overtime with two runs by [[Jack Spikes]] to move the ball to the Oilers' 25-yard line, and [[Tommy Brooker]] kicked a [[Field goal (football)|field goal]] to give the Texans the win, 20 - 17.
==Basketball==
Hull was also a collegiate basketball player, and became the first ACC player to ever to start for both the football and basketball team in the same season.<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA tournament  History|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/ncaa-tournament/history/multitalented|work=Online Database|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref>
==Awards==
In 1992, Hull was inducted into the Wake Forest Athletics Hall of fame.
==Death==
He died on May 3, 2020, in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] at age 79.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/raleigh-nc/h-hull-9169674 |title=H. Hull Obituary - Raleigh, NC |publisher=Dignitymemorial.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-15}}</ref>
==See also==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120209030843/http://www.wakeforestsports.com/trads/wake-trads-halloffame.html Wake Forest Hall of Fame honorees]
==References==
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{{1962 Dallas Texans}}
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{{Bears1962DraftPicks}}
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[[Category:1940 births]]
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[[Category:American football defensive ends]]
[[Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons football players]]
[[Category:Dallas Texans (AFL) players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
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