A player like Willie Wilson would probably not exist in today’s game of baseball. Wilson was a gifted athlete who excelled at football and basketball in addition to his prowess as a baseball player at Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey. Standing 6’3 and 190 pounds and blessed with blazing speed, Wilson most likely would have been a football player in today’s day and age. Maybe a tight end, most likely a wide receiver. He very nearly became a football player, having signed a letter of intent to play for the Maryland Terrapins, before the Royals drafted him with the 18th pick in the first round of the 1974 draft.
A look back at Willie Wilson
