Eddie Hill (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1957–2025)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| embed = Eddie Wayne Hill

| name = Eddie Wayne Hill

| number = 24, 31

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1957|05|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|02|23|1957|05|13|mf=y}}

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| high_school = Hillsboro (Nashville)

| college = Memphis

| draftyear = 1979

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 54

| pastteams =

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1979|1980}})
• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1981|1984}})

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 443

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.7

| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = /H/HillEd00

}}

Eddie Wayne Hill (May 13, 1957 – February 23, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a running back for the Los Angeles Rams and Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Memphis Tigers. Hill was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft.

Hill was traded from the Rams to the Dolphins in 1981.{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/22/The-Los-Angeles-Rams-traded-reserve-running-back-Eddie/9745364622400/|title = The Los Angeles Rams traded reserve running back Eddie}}