Billy Shipp

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1929–2011)}}

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

{{Infobox CFL biography

| name = Billy Shipp

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|10|16}}

| birth_place = Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|6|9|1929|10|16}}

| death_place = Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

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| import = yes

| position1 = Offensive tackle

| position2 = Defensive tackle

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 275

| high_school = Murphy (Mobile, Alabama)

| college = Alabama

| NFLDraftedYear = 1952

| NFLDraftedRound = 8

| NFLDraftedPick = 95

| NFLDraftedTeam = New York Giants

| playing_years1 = 1954

| playing_team1 = New York Giants

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1955}}–{{CFL Year|1956}}

| playing_team2 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1956}}–{{CFL Year|1960}}

| playing_team3 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|1961}}–{{CFL Year|1966}}

| playing_team4 = Toronto Argonauts

| career_highlights =

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1955}}, {{CFL Year|1959}}, {{CFL Year|1964}}

| DatabaseFootball = SHIPPBIL01

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William Leonard Shipp (October 16, 1929 – June 9, 2011) was a professional Canadian football player who played twelve seasons with the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts.{{cite web|title=Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Announces 2010 Ballot|publisher=Alabama Sports Hall of Fame|date=October 15, 2009|url=http://www.ashof.org/index.php?src=news&refno=137&PHPSESSID=tnndwzhkmjsu|accessdate=February 12, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Alouettes Count On Billy Shipp To Bolster Line|work=Ottawa Citizen|agency=Canadian Press|date=September 21, 1956|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4-YxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7162,1546435|accessdate=February 12, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Hal|title=Argonauts Slowed Up By Stamps|work=The Calgary Herald|date=July 21, 1966|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ImtkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7XwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1261,1471241|accessdate=February 12, 2011}} During those years, he became an eastern conference all-star as an offensive tackle in 1955 and 1959 and as a defensive tackle in 1964. Shipp played all 14 regular season games every year from 1958 to 1962 except 1960 when he missed 5.{{cite web| url = https://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=shippbil001| title = William Shipp football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} As a defensive lineman, he intercepted a pass in 1961. He started his pro career in the NFL, playing one season for the New York Giants.{{cite web|title=Billy Shipp|publisher=Pro Football Reference|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShipBi20.htm|accessdate=February 12, 2011}}