William Jarrel Cross (born May 3, 1929 in Fry, Texas) is a former professional American football player who played running back for three seasons for the Chicago Cardinals. He finished his career as an all-star in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with the Toronto Argonauts in 1954.
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| Name | Cross, Billy |
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| Short description | American football player |
| Date of birth | May 3, 1929 |
| Place of birth | Fry, Texas |
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Famous quotes containing the words billy and/or cross:
““Although I’d lie lapped up in linen
A deal I’d sweat and little earn
If I should live as live the neighbours,”
Cried the beggar, Billy Byrne....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Pilate with his question “What is truth?” is gladly trotted out these days as an advocate of Christ, so as to arouse the suspicion that everything known and knowable is an illusion and to erect the cross upon that gruesome background of the impossibility of knowledge.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)