Sports
- Bill Wilson (footballer) (1924–1969), Australian rules footballer
- Bill Wilson (pitcher) (1942–1993), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
- Bill Wilson (catcher) (1867–1924), MLB catcher
- Bill Wilson (outfielder) (born 1928), MLB outfielder
- Billy Wilson (rugby league) (1927–1993), Australian rugby league footballer
- Billy Wilson (American football) (1927–2009), NFL wide receiver
- William Wilson (aquatics) (1844–1912), Scottish writer on swimming, and the inventor of water polo
- William Wilson (Australian sportsman) (1909–1976), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer
- William Wilson (footballer), English soccer player
- William Wilson (goalkeeper) (born 1921), Scottish football goalkeeper for Queen of the South F.C. and Clyde F.C.
- William George Wilson (1917–2007), Sports cinematographer
- Willie Wilson (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball outfielder
- Willie Wilson (footballer) (1941–2001), Scottish soccer player
- Willy Wilson (born 1980), Filipino basketball player
- Willy Wilson (baseball) (1884–1925), baseball player
- Mookie Wilson (William Hayward Wilson, born 1956), MLB outfielder
- Mutt Wilson (William Clarence Wilson, 1896–1962), MLB pitcher
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)