Tim Wrightman

{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Tim Wrightman

| number = 81, 80

| position = Tight end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 237

| high_school = Los Angeles (CA) Mary Star of the Sea

| college = UCLA

| draftyear = 1982

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 62

| pastteams =

• Chicago Blitz ({{USFL Year|1983}})
• Arizona Wranglers ({{USFL Year|1984}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1985}}–{{NFL Year|1986}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XX)
• Unanimous All-American (1981)
• 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1980, 1981)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 46

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 648

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = WrigTi00

}}

Timothy John Wrightman (born March 27, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end. He played for two seasons for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Wrightman played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was drafted in the 3rd round by the Chicago Bears in the 1982 NFL draft. But a contract dispute with the Bears led him to sign with the Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League (USFL),{{cite web|url=http://lazybearranch.com/about.htm |title=Welcome to Tim Wrightman's Lazy Bear Ranch - Bird Hunting and Fishing Adventures of a Lifetime! |publisher=Lazybearranch.com |access-date=August 10, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://usfl.info/blitz/trivia.html |title=Chicago Blitz |publisher=USFL.info |access-date=August 10, 2012}} thus making him the first NFL draft pick who signed with the now defunct USFL. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Bears in 1985, and was re-signed to a two-year deal in 1986.{{Cite web |last=Kiley |first=Mike |date=July 27, 1986 |title=Dent Back In Fold, Signs A 4-year Pact |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/27/dent-back-in-fold-signs-a-4-year-pact/ |access-date=August 10, 2012 |website=Chicago Tribune.}}{{Cite web |date=1986-01-27 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}