Calvin G. Hill is a retired American football running back who had a 12-year NFL career from 1969 to 1981. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns. In 1975 he played for The Hawaiians of the World Football League. Hill was named to the Pro Bowl team four times . In 1972 he became the first Cowboy running back to have a 1,000 yard rushing season ; he repeated the feat in the following season with 1,142 yards rushing. Prior to attending ninth grade, he was awarded a scholarship by his family doctor, Dr. William C. Wade, to attend the Riverdale Country School... in The Bronx, New York. At Riverdale he was an accomplished athlete in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field, often leading teams that defeated athletic arch-rival Horace Mann School. It was at Riverdale that he started playing football. He was named the starting quarterback as a sophomore, running the T formation on a team that accomplished a 51-game winning streak.
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