Researching Bill Mccoll
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 38 people with the Mccoll surname? In that year Mccoll was ranked number 3541 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Bill means "Form of WILLIAM - resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of Bill Mccoll on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bill Mccoll and the Mccoll Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2290 people with the Mccoll surname in the UK? Mccoll is now ranked number 2163 for popularity in the UK. |
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Mccoll surname in the USA? Mccoll is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Bill Mccoll. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bill Mccoll
Bill McColl
William Frazer McColl Jr. (born April 2, 1930) is an American athlete, surgeon, and politician. He is best remembered as a college football star before becoming a professional with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League, for whom he played from 1952 to 1959. He played college football at Stanford, where he was a two-time consensus All-American and third runner up in the 1951 Heisman Trophy voting. In 1951, he was the first person to receive the W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast.
McColl was also a three-time candidate for United States Congress, running as a Republican in his native state of California.
McColl was inducted into the San Diego Hall of Champions Breitbard Hall of Fame in 1965. He was also inducted into the Stanford University Athletic Hall of Fame and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
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