Roy Wilkins (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1933–2002)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Roy Wilkins 1959.jpg

| caption = Wilkins in 1959

| name = Roy Wilkins

| number = 78, 35, 83

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Murray County, Georgia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|10|4|1933|12|26}}

| death_place =

| high_school = Dalton (GA)
Seneca (SC)

| college = Georgia

| draftyear = 1957

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 64

| pastteams =

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1958}}–{{NFL Year|1959}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1960}}–{{NFL Year|1961}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 50

| statlabel2 = Fumbles recovered

| statvalue2 = 2

| pfr = WilkRo20

}}

Roy Lee Wilkins (December 26, 1933{{spaced ndash}}October 4, 2002) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins.{{cite web|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WilkRo20.htm|title=Roy Wilkins}}

He played college football at the University of Georgia and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1957 NFL draft.