Billy Neighbors

{{Short description|American football player (1940–2012)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name =

| image = Billy Neighbors (1961).png

| alt =

| caption = Billy Neighbors, October 14, 1961

| number = 73, 63

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|2|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|4|30|1940|2|4}}

| death_place = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 250

| high_school = Northport (AL) Tuscaloosa Co.

| college = Alabama

| draftyear = 1962

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 43

| afldraftyear = 1962

| afldraftround = 6

| afldraftpick = 46

| pastteams = * Boston Patriots (1962–1965)

• Miami Dolphins (1966–1969)

| highlights = * AFL All-Star (1963)

• Boston Patriots All-1960s Team
• National champion (1961)
• Unanimous All-American (1961)
• Jacobs Blocking Trophy (1961)
• First-team All-SEC (1961)
• Second-team All-SEC (1960)

| pfr = N/NeigBi00

| CollegeHOF = 2126

}}

William Wesley Neighbors (February 4, 1940 – April 30, 2012) was an American professional football guard who played in the American Football League (AFL) from 1962 to 1969. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he played college football at the University of Alabama where he was a consensus All-American in 1961 and was selected in sixth round of the 1962 AFL Draft. Neighbors was also drafted in the fourth round of the 1962 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins. Neighbors was selected to the Boston Patriots All-1960s (AFL) Team and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

His son, Wes Neighbors, was an All-Southeastern Conference center at Alabama from 1984 to 1986. His grandson Wes, is a former player at Alabama and current assistant coach.{{Cite web|date=2012-05-01|title=Billy Neighbors, patriarch of Huntsville's first family of football, dies at 72|url=https://www.al.com/sports/2012/05/billy_neighbors_patriarch_of_h.html|access-date=2022-02-08|website=al|language=en}} Neighbors died of a heart attack in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20120430/NEWS/120439988|title = Article 404 - Tuscaloosa News - Tuscaloosa, AL}}