:David Hill (tight end)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}

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{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = David Hill

| number = 81

| position = Tight end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|01|1}}

| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 229

| high_school = Highlands {{nowrap|(San Antonio, Texas)}}

| college = Texas A&I

| draftyear = 1976

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 46

| pastteams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1976|1982}})
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1983|1987}})

| highlights =

• 2× Pro Bowl (1978, 1979)
• PFWA All-Rookie Team (1976)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 358

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 4,212

| statlabel3 = Receiving TDs

| statvalue3 = 28

| pfr = H/HillDa01

}}

David Earl Hill (born January 1, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played for twelve seasons for the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He was selected to two Pro Bowls while playing for the Lions. He is the younger brother of former Green Bay Packers defensive back and longtime KCBS-TV sports anchor Jim Hill. He appears in the music video for the Dire Straits song, "Walk of Life", doing an end zone celebration while a member of the Detroit Lions.

Hill also appeared in the 1986 Rams promotional video, Let's Ram It,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19357745/rams/ |title=Rams |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |page=129 |date=November 13, 1986 |accessdate=April 18, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} where he went by the name "Big Daddy Hill" and states that he likes to block, but doesn't want Eric Dickerson running over him.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkKlzInR4Y |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905133055/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkKlzInR4Y |archive-date=2014-09-05 |url-status=dead|title=Ram IT (NFL Rams Football Team) Song |via=YouTube |accessdate=April 17, 2018}}