Norman Earle "Norm" Willey (August 22, 1927 — August 18, 2011) was an American football

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 defensive lineman in the National Football League

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 for the Philadelphia Eagles

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. He went to two Pro Bowl

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s during his eight-year career and was credited with an unofficial 17 sacks in one game. Willey played college football

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 at Marshall University

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 and was drafted

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 in the thirteenth round of the 1950 NFL Draft

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. Willey went on to teach physical education and coach football in Pennsville, New Jersey; the Norm Willey Boot trophy is awarded annually to the winner of the Pennsville-Pennsgrove football game.

In 2003, he was elected into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame for his career in football and basketball.

Wiley died on August 18, 2011, aged 83, only four days short of his 84th birthday.