Bill Duff

{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}

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| name = Bill Duff

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|02|24}}

| nationality = American

| other_names = "Big Bill"

| known_for = Professional Football Player, Wrestler, Actor, Martial arts

| education = Sociology (University of Tennessee, 1997)

| occupation = Actor (current)

| title = Host

| height = 6 ft 4 in

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Bill Duff (born February 24, 1974) is a former National Football League, NFL Europe, and Arena Football League defensive tackle, and host of Human Weapon on the History Channel.{{Cite web |last=Yanitelli |first=Marco |date=2008-12-12 |title=The Human Weapon: What They Don't Know Could Kill Them |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/92482-the-human-weapon-what-they-dont-know-could-kill-them |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Bleacher Report}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/532 |title=New History Channel Series Explores Hand-to-Hand Combat Around the Globe! |accessdate=May 9, 2010 |work=Black Belt |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826073636/http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/532 |archivedate=August 26, 2010 }} He holds a brown belt in Tang Soo Do, a Korean martial art he refers to as "Korean Street Fighting".[http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=55013&display_order=2&sub_display_order=2&mini_id=54986 Bill Duff at History.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024082845/http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=55013&display_order=2&sub_display_order=2&mini_id=54986 |date=October 24, 2007 }}{{cite web | title=Black Taoist to fight Bill Duff [Archive] | website=Kung Fu Magazine Forums | url=http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-51315.html | access-date=2024-12-28}}

Duff grew up in Delran Township, New Jersey and attended Delran High School,{{Cite web |date=1996-10-28 |title=Vols' Duff exalts over team's triumph |url=https://www.utdailybeacon.com/news/vols-duff-exalts-over-teams-triumph/article_b4cfab10-1231-5063-8513-1d60381d0f25.html |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=The Daily Beacon |language=en}} where he was also an All-American wrestler.{{Cite web |title=1993 HIGH SCHOOL All-AMERICA TEAM |url=https://www.wrestlingusa.com/high-school/ewExternalFiles/1993%20High%20School%20All-Americans1.pdf |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Wrestling USA |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025095344/https://wrestlingusa.com/high-school/ewExternalFiles/1993%20High%20School%20All-Americans1.pdf |url-status=live }}

Duff was the co-captain of the 1997 Tennessee Volunteers.{{cite web | last=Hargis | first=Stephen | title=Hargis: Duff still embraces memory of Vols highlight play against Buckeyes | website=Chattanooga Times Free Press | date=2024-12-14 | url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/dec/14/duff-still-embraces-memory-of-vols-highlight-play/ | access-date=2024-12-28 | archive-date=December 28, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228075025/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/dec/14/duff-still-embraces-memory-of-vols-highlight-play/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Taylor | first=Noah | title=Vols had ‘something to prove’ in ‘96 Citrus Bowl clash with Ohio State | website=VolReport: Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball Recruiting | date=2023-12-21 | url=https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/vols-had-something-to-prove-in-96-citrus-bowl-clash-with-ohio-state | access-date=2024-12-28}}{{cite web | title=Rocky Top Rewind: Vols beat Buckeyes, Bill Duff talks win and key stop | website=VolReport: Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball Recruiting | date=2020-04-06 | url=https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/rocky-top-rewind-vols-beat-buckeyes-duff-talks-win-and-key-stop | access-date=2024-12-28}} He played for the Cleveland Browns in their expansion year.{{cite web | title=Cleveland Browns Sign Free Agents | website=CBS News | date=1998-12-22 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cleveland-browns-sign-free-agents/ | access-date=2024-12-28}}{{Cite web |title=Bill Duff Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DuffBi20.htm |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204152106/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DuffBi20.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=1999 Cleveland Browns Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1999.htm |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327004104/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/1999.htm |url-status=live }} He started for the Orlando Rage in the XFL and played in 2002 for the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe.{{Cite web |title=Bill Duff Football Statistics |url=https://www.footballdb.com/players/bill-duff-duffbi01 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=FootballDB.com |language=en |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925043103/https://www.footballdb.com/players/bill-duff-duffbi01 |url-status=live }} He later played in the Arena Football League for the Indiana Firebirds and Columbus Destroyers.{{cite web|url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062907aaa.html|title=FORMER VOL BILL DUFF TO CO-HOST NEW HISTORY CHANNEL SERIES TO TRACE HISTORY OF HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT|date=June 29, 2007|publisher=University of TN|accessdate=March 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224205437/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062907aaa.html|archive-date=February 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}