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Willie Gault

Willie James Gault(born September 5, 1960) is an American former professionalfootballplayer who was awide receiverin theNational Football League(NFL) for 11 seasons with theChicago BearsandLos Angeles Raiders.Considered one of the fastest NFL players of all time,[1]Gault was a member of the Bears team that wonSuper Bowl XX.He was also a member of the U.S. Olympic team that boycotted the1980 Olympics.

Willie Gault
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Gault at the Inaugural Dignity Gala on October 18, 2013
No. 83
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:(1960-09-05)September 5, 1960(age 64)
Griffin, Georgia,U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school:Griffin
College:Tennessee
NFL draft:1983/ round: 1 / pick: 18
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:333
Receiving yards:6,635
Touchdowns:44
Kickoff returns:45
Kickoff return yards:1,088
StatsatPro Football Reference

Gault played college football at theUniversity of Tennesseefrom 1979 to 1982. He led the Vols in all-purpose yardage as a sophomore, junior and senior,[2]and was named to theAll-American teamin 1982. He still holds numerous school kickoff return records.[3]

Gault married his high school sweetheart, writer/author/actress Dainnese Mathis Gault in 1983. They were married from 1983 to 2002 and have two children.

Gault is currently pursuing a career as an actor. He also remains active inmasters athletics,settingworld masters recordsin the100 metresand200 metresdashesfor the 45–49, the 50–54, and the 55–59 age groups.

Early life

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Gault was born and raised inGriffin, Georgia.[4]He was named for his mother, Willie Mae. Both of his parents worked in a textile mill. He later recalled that his classmates considered him a "teacher's pet."[5]

Gault played football and rantrackforGriffin High School.He had two receptions for 19 yards in Griffin's 7–7 tie againstValdostain the AAAA State Championship Game during his junior year.[6]He had a 48-yard touchdown catch for the North team in the 1979 GACA North/South Game (a preseason all-star game).[7]During his senior year, he caught 33 passes and scored 7 touchdowns, averaging 19 yards per catch. He was named All-State following his junior and senior seasons.[8]

University of Tennessee

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Football

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Gault played football at Tennessee during an era when the school was acquiring its reputation as "Wide Receiver U." Three of Gault's teammates—Anthony Hancock,Clyde Duncan,andTim McGee— would be first-round NFL Draft picks, and three others—Mike Miller,Lenny Taylorand Darryal Wilson— would be drafted in later rounds. During his four years at UT, Gault caught 89 passes for 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns, returned 78 kickoffs for 1,854 yards and four touchdowns, and returned 78 punts for 659 yards and a touchdown.[9]

During the regular season of his freshman year in 1979, Gault caught three passes for 95 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown in Tennessee's 51–18 win overUtah.He had a team-leading four catches for 22 yards in the Vols' 27–22 loss toPurduein the 1979Bluebonnet Bowl.[10]

Gault's breakout year came during the1980 season.Though he caught a relatively modest 14 passes for 240 yards while splitting time with Miller at receiver, he returned 24 kickoffs for 662 yards, and tied a national single-season record by returning three kickoffs for touchdowns. He returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to provide Tennessee's lone score in the team's 30–6 loss toPittsburgh.He then returned kickoffs for touchdowns in back-to-back games at the end of the season: a 92-yarder againstKentuckyand a 98-yarder againstVanderbilt.[11]Calling the latter play for the Vol Network, long-time broadcasterJohn Wardshouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, Willie Gault has run all the way to theState Capitol."[12]Gault added a 48-yard touchdown catch in the Kentucky win.[13]

During his junior year in 1981, Gault caught 22 passes for 479 yards and four touchdowns while continuing to split time with Miller.[14]He added to his reputation as a dangerous return man, with 28 kickoff returns for 606 yards, and 31 punt returns for 381 yards and a touchdown. In Tennessee's 28–20 win overOle Miss,Gault had a 54-yard kickoff return, a 66-yard punt return for a touchdown, and a 49-yard punt return. He returned a punt 66 yards for an apparent touchdown againstAuburn,but it was called back on a penalty. He caught a 75-yard touchdown pass in the Vols' loss toAlabama,and registered a 49-yard touchdown catch againstMemphis State.He had 217 receiving yards against Vanderbilt, including an 80-yard touchdown catch and a 72-yard reception.[15]In Tennessee's 28–21 win overWisconsinin the1981 Garden State Bowl,Gault returned a kickoff 87 yards for the Vols' first touchdown of the game.[16]

Gault entered his senior year a Preseason All-American.[15]As part of an explosive receiving corps that included Mike Miller, Lenny Taylor and Darryal Wilson, Gault registered a team-leading 50 catches for 668 yards and four touchdowns. He also registered 23 kickoff returns for 549 yards and a touchdown, and 20 punt returns for 145 yards.[17]He caught touchdown passes of 78 yards and 38 yards in Tennessee's 24–14 loss to Auburn,[18]and returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown in the Vols' 24–24 tie againstLSU.[19]Gault caught a 52-yard touchdown pass in Tennessee's 35–28 win over Alabama, helping the Vols break an 11-year losing streak to the Tide.[20]He caught a 19-yard touchdown pass in Tennessee's 28–22 loss toIowain the 1982Peach Bowl.[21]He was named an All-American at the end of the season.[22]

As of the 2012 season, Gault's 1,854 kickoff return yards and 2,513 total return yards remain school records. His 27.6 yards per kickoff return in 1980 and his 987 total return yards in 1981 remain school single-season records.[23]Gault's mark of 4,035 career all-purpose yards is the second-highest tally in school history, trailing onlyStanley Morgan's 4,642. His 273 all-purpose yards against Auburn in 1982 and 268 against Vanderbilt in 1981 remain the second and third-highest single game tallies in school history, trailing onlyChuck Webb's 294 yards in the 1989 Ole Miss game.[24]

Track and field

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Willie Gault
Medal record
Men'sathletics
RepresentingUnited States
Olympic Boycott Games
1980 Philadelphia 4 × 100 m relay
1980 Philadelphia 100 m
World Championships
1983 Helsinki 4 × 100 m relay
1983 Helsinki 110 m hurdles

Gault qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and would have participated in the1980 Summer Olympicsin Moscow had the United States notboycotted the event.He was one of 461 athletes to receive aCongressional Gold Medal.[25] Gault set a record in the 110-meter high hurdles at the SEC track and field championships in May 1981.[26]At the 1982 SEC championships, he again set the 110-meter high hurdles record, and won the Commissioner's Trophy for the highest overall score.[27]He won the 60-yard hurdles event at the 1983SECindoor championships with a time of 7.05.[28]At the 1983NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships,Gault won the60-yard high hurdlesand the60-yard dashwith times of 6.98 and 6.18, respectively.[29]At the 1983NCAA outdoor championships,Gault placed third behindRoger Kingdomand Reggie Towns in the110-meter high hurdles.[30]

Gault was part of a world record-setting4 × 100 meter relayteam (1. Emmit King, 2. Willie Gault, 3. Calvin Smith, 4. Carl Lewis) at the 1983 World Championships.[31]He also competed in the110 meter hurdlesand attended theLiberty Bell Classic,where he won a bronze medal in the 100 meter race). He made the 1988 Winter Olympicsbobsleddingteam as an alternate. His official personal bests are 13.26 seconds in the 110 meter hurdles and 10.10 seconds in the100 meters.[32]

Personal bests

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Event Time (seconds) Venue Date
100 meters 10.10A Provo, Utah June 5, 1982
200 meters 20.68 Tempe, Arizona March 20, 1982
Event Time (seconds) Venue Date
50 metres hurdles 6.56 Los Angeles, California February 15, 1992
55 metres hurdles 6.96 Dallas, Texas February 5, 1983
60 metres hurdles 7.67 Louisville, Kentucky January 29, 1981
110 metres hurdles 13.26 Indianapolis, Indiana July 25, 1982

Professional football career

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Gault was selected by theChicago Bearsin the first round (18th overall pick) in the1983 NFL draft,and had an immediate impact during his rookie season.[33]He caught four passes for 103 yards and a touchdown in the Bears' loss toNew Orleans,[34]five passes for 130 yards and a touchdown in the Bears' loss toBaltimore,[35]and four passes for 129 yards and an 87-yard touchdown in the Bears' loss toGreen Bay.[36]Gault was the prototypical "speed merchant", meaning his greatest asset was his pure straight line swiftness.

During the Bears' dominant1985 season,Gault caught 33 passes for a team-leading 704 yards[37]His best game of the season came in the Bears' 33–24 win overMinnesota,when he caught six passes for 146 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown.[38]In the Bears' 46–10 victory overNew EnglandinSuper Bowl XX,[39]Gault had four receptions for a game-leading 129 yards, and four kickoff returns for 49 yards.[40]At the end of the 1985 regular season, Gault helped organize teammates to perform the "Super Bowl Shuffle",a rap song and music video that raised money for a local charity.[41]He sang one verse in the song.[5]

By the 1986 season, friction had developed between Gault and Bears quarterbackJim McMahon.In his autobiography published that year, McMahon suggested that Gault was undependable, and only put forth his best effort if the game was on national television.[5]Gault stated in an interview withSports Illustratedthat he wasn't sure why McMahon seemed hesitant to throw it to him more often (theSports Illustratedarticle's author, Bruce Newman, suggested that Gault didn't get as many throws because he was frequently double-teamed).[5]In spite of this squabble, Gault finished the 1986 season with 42 catches for 818 yards, including 7 catches for 174 yards againstCincinnati,and four catches for 116 yards againstTampa Bay.[42][43][44]

Prior to the 1988 season, Gault was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders.[45]He caught four passes for 102 yards in the Raiders' loss to Cincinnati on October 2, 1988.[46]He caught four passes for 131 yards and a touchdown in the 1989 season opener againstSan Diego,and had 147 yards on just two catches in the Raiders' win over Cincinnati on November 5, 1989.[47][48]He caught four passes for 103 yards to help the Raiders defeat his former team on September 30, 1990.[49]In the 1991 season, he had 20 receptions for 346 yards and four touchdowns.[50]In the 1992 season, he had 27 receptions for 508 yards and five touchdowns.[51]The Raiders did not re-sign Gault following the 1993 season.[52]

In spite of his speed, Gault never won the NFL's "Fastest Man" competition over 60 yards (outdoors). He placed second behind frequent winnerDarrell Greenin 1986, having defeated fellow Olympic sprinterRon Brownin the semifinals.[53]In the 1990 competition, Gault again placed second, losing to Brown in the finals (Green was recovering from an injury and didn't compete).[54]Green (acornerback) would frequently cover Gault when their respective teams played. In the Bears' 23–19 win overWashingtonin the 1984 playoffs, Gault beat Green for a 75-yard touchdown reception after getting held without a catch in the first half.[55]In the Bears' loss to the Redskins in the 1986 playoffs, Gault had five catches for 82 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown, while going head to head with Green.[56]In the Redskins' 21–17 win over the Bears in the 1987 playoffs, Green held Gault without a catch before leaving the game with an injury.[57]In the Raiders' 21–20 win over the Redskins in 1992, Gault went without a reception for most of the game before beating Green for a 50-yard catch that set up the winning touchdown.[58]

Gault finished his 11 NFL seasons with 333 receptions for 6,635 yards. He also returned 9 punts for 60 yards, rushed for 154 yards, returned 45 kickoffs for 1,088 yards, and scored 45 touchdowns (44 receiving and 1 kickoff return).[59]

NFL career statistics

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Legend
Bold Career high
Year Team GP Receiving Kickoff returns
Rec Yds Y/G Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD
1983 CHI 16 40 836 52.2 20.9 87 8 13 276 21.2 38 0
1984 CHI 16 34 587 36.7 17.3 61 6 1 12 12.0 12 0
1985 CHI 16 33 704 44.0 21.3 70 1 22 577 26.2 99 1
1986 CHI 16 42 818 51.1 19.5 53 5 1 20 20.0 20 0
1987 CHI 12 35 705 58.8 20.1 56 7 0 0 0.0 0 0
1988 LA 15 16 392 26.1 24.5 57 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
1989 LA 16 28 690 43.1 24.6 84 4 1 16 16.0 16 0
1990 LA 16 50 985 61.6 19.7 68 3 0 0 0.0 0 0
1991 LA 16 20 346 21.6 17.3 59 4 0 0 0.0 0 0
1992 LA 16 27 508 31.8 18.8 53 4 0 0 0.0 0 0
1993 LA 15 8 64 4.3 8.0 12 0 7 187 26.7 60 0
Career 170 333 6,635 39.0 19.9 87 44 45 1,088 24.2 99 1

After retiring as a player

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Gault retired in the early 1990s and is pursuing an acting career inHollywood.He portrayed Willie the Sweeper in the NBC seriesThe Pretender.[60]Willie also had an appearance on the sitcomStill Standingplaying himself as the father of Tina's friend. He had a few appearances onNed's Declassified School Survival Guideplaying himself alongside sportscasterVan Earl Wrightand most recently was featured in theseries finale.[61]He also was in an episode of MTV'sParental Control.In Season 4 Episode 8 ofFriday Night Lights,the Dillon Lions radio color-man is named Willie Gault as a tribute.

Gault joined other members of the1985 Chicago Bearsin resurrecting theSuper Bowl Shufflein aBoost Mobilecommercial forSuper Bowl XLIV.[62]

Gault has been active at the highest levels ofMasters athletics.On June 24, 2006, Gault set aworld recordof 10.72 seconds in the master's 100 meters, in the division for athletes aged 45 to 49. On April 26, 2008, Gault (at age 47) set a new world record of 21.80 seconds in the M45-49 age-group for 200m.[63][64]In May 2011, he set world records for the 50–54 age group in the 100-meter (10.88) and 200-meter (22.44) dashes.[65]

In April 2016, Gault was ordered to pay $206,571 to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit regarding his actions in a scheme to inflate share prices of the medical device company Heart Tronics Inc, for which he had been co-CEO. Gault was cleared of the most serious fraud charges.[66]

In November 2016, Gault was inducted into the 2017 class of theTennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[67]

Gault was inducted into theGeorgia Sports Hall of Fame,in Macon, Georgia, as a member of the 2017 class.[68]

Gault was inducted into theUSATF Masters Hall of Famein 2019.[69]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Other notes
1988 Sporting Chance Football Player TV movie
1990s Tales from the crypt(TV series) Police Officer Episode: "Two for the show"
1992 Bodies of Evidence(TV series) Melissa Thompson Episode: "Nearest and Dearest"
1993 In the Heat of the Night(TV series) Troy Davis Episode: "Singin' the Blues"
1996 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper(TV series) Clifford Episode: "True Confessions"
1996 Baywatch(TV series) Season 7 Episode 5
1997–2000 The Pretender(TV series) Willie the Sweeper Recurring; 19 Episodes
1997 Grounded for Life(TV series)[70] Hugh Episode: "Don't Fear the Reefer"
2004 Still Standing(TV series)[71] Himself Episode: "Still Champions"
2021 Family Reunion(TV series)[72] Himself Episode:Remember Mazzi's First Love?

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Additional References: USATF Masters Hall of Fame

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