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American football player (born 1947–2016)

William Thomas Stanfill (January 13, 1947 – November 10, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL) and then the National Football League (NFL) after the AFL NFL merger of 1970. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs football. He was a member of Miami's two Super Bowl winning teams.

Stanfill attended Cairo High School in Cairo, Georgia, where he was a three sport star in football, basketball, and track and field. In football, as a senior, he was named the Class AA Lineman of the Year after leading his team to three Region Championships. In basketball, as a senior, he led his team to the state championship and was named the state tournament MVP. In track and field, he added three state discus and one shot put AA titles.

Stanfill played defensive tackle for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1966 through 1968. He was awarded the Outland Trophy in 1968 and was named an All American the same year. He received a B. S. degree from the University of Georgia in 1971. Stanfill was voted All SEC in 1966, 1967 and 1968 and was the SEC Lineman of The Year in 1968. In addition, he was an Academic All America that same season. During his three seasons at Georgia, the Bulldogs had a 26 6 2 record along with two Southeastern Conference titles: one in 1966 (co champions) and the other in 1968. During that time the Bulldogs also appeared in three bowl games: the Cotton Bowl Classic in 1966, the Liberty Bowl in 1967 and the Sugar Bowl in 1968. Georgia beat SMU in the Cotton Bowl Classic, lost to North Carolina State in the Liberty and lost to the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Sugar. Georgia's venerable coach Vince Dooley said of Stanfill, "He was everything you'd want in a defensive tackle. He combined speed, size, range, quickness and competitiveness to make him one of the greatest linemen to ever play the game"

In a 1968 51 0 thumping of the University of Florida, Coach Dooley allowed Stanfill to finish the game at quarterback. The game was in a driving rainstorm and caused some hard feelings on the part of the Gator team. According to Litkenhous the 8 1 2 Bulldogs were National Champions that season. However, most other polls and formulas awarded the football national championship to Ohio State University. Selected to the 50th Anniversary All SEC team (1933–1982). Also selected the SEC Quarter Century team (1950–74) and All SEC 25 year team (1961–1985) and 1960s All SEC team. In 1984 was voted a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998.

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions GP GS Sck Int TD1969 MIA 13138.0 2 21970 MIA 14 146.0001971 MIA 13126.5001972 MIA 14 14 10.0001973 MIA 14 1318.5001974 MIA 14 14 10.0001975 MIA 1386.5001976 MIA 14 74.000 Career 109 95 69.5 2 2

Stanfill lived in Albany, Georgia as a real estate broker He was featured in a Sports Illustrated article that detailed the injuries to former NFL players, which also included Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas, Earl Campbell, Joe Jacoby, Curt Marsh, Harry Carson and others. SI reported that Stanfill had three surgeries, from August 1993 to January 1996, to fuse four vertebrae in his spine, a problem that started when he jammed his neck during an exhibition game in 1975. According to Stanfill, the surgeries on his spine caused a neck pain so severe he could not tip his head back, had little use of his left thumb, and experienced considerable loss of hand and arm strength. He also had surgery to repair a hip condition that was cutting blood flow to the hip bone. On November 10, 2016, Stanfill died at age 69 of complications resulting from a fall. He was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C. T. E., the degenerative brain disease associated with repeated head trauma. He is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease.