Early Years
The most memorable experience at Woodmont was the first game he would play at Vanderbilt's Dudley Field. His team played another grammar school as the halftime entertainment of a Vanderbilt game. He prepped at Montgomery Bell Academy after receiving a scholarship to the seventh grade.
During his high school days Wade would go over to Dudley Field to throw and kick the football for fun. The 15-year-old kid gained the attention of Vandy's coaches by tossing the ball half the football field. Wade also was a pitcher on the MBA baseball team.
Bill Wade was in the Vanderbilt Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps while attending college at Vanderbilt. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 1952 but served in the U.S. Navy until 1954 when he actually started his professional football career.
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