Bill Malinchak

{{Short description|American football player (born 1944)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| position = Wide receiver

| number = 81, 24

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|04|02}}

| birth_place = Monessen, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 200

| draftyear = 1966

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 39

| high_school = Monessen

| college = Indiana

| teams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1966|1969}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1970|1976}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Ten (1964)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1965)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 35

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 508

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 5

}}

William John Malinchak (born April 2, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and special teams ace in the National Football League (NFL) in the 1960s and 1970s.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/18/archives/the-reborn-redskin-blocks-punts.html | title=The 'Reborn' Redskin Blocks Punts | work=The New York Times | date=December 18, 1976 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} He attended suburban Pittsburgh's Monessen High School and played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers. His pro career was spent with both the Detroit Lions and the Washington Redskins.{{Cite web |title=Bill Malinchak |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MaliBi00.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012125933/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MaliBi00.htm |archive-date=2022-10-12 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}