{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | number = 28, 47 | position = Safety | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|6|15}} | birth_place = Kenmore, New York, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 195 | high_school = St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute<br>(Tonawanda, New York) | college = Syracuse | draftyear = 1980 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 110 | teams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1980}})* * New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1982}}) * Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1983}}) |highlights = * First-team All-East (1979) * Second-team All-East (1977) | statlabel1 = Interceptions | statvalue1 = 1 | statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue2 = 2 | pfr = HurlBi20 }}
'''William J. Hurley Jr.''' (born June 15, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). Hurley played college football for the Syracuse Orange, starting at quarterback.<ref name="Syracuse1">{{cite news |title=Questions Loom Over Syracuse |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55834732/questions-loom-over-syracuse/ |newspaper=The Post-Star |location=Glens Falls, New York |date=September 1, 1978 |page=17 |access-date=July 22, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref name="Syracuse2">{{cite news |last=Owen |first=Hugh |title=Syracuse's Hurley Paces Blue Over Gray |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55834687/syracuses-hurley-paces-blue-over-gray/ |newspaper=Alabama Journal |location=Montgomery, Alabama |date=December 26, 1979 |page=34, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/alabama-journal-blues/55834715/ 38] |access-date=July 22, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Hurley was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 1980 NFL draft, and converted to playing safety.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/18/sports/ex-quarterback-is-safetyman.html|title=Ex-Quarterback Is Safetyman|date=August 18, 1981|agency=The New York Times|author=Wallace, William N.|work=The New York Times |access-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920052545/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/18/sports/ex-quarterback-is-safetyman.html|archive-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref> He later played for the New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills.
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