Billy Joe Mantooth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Billy Joe Mantooth
Occupation	Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 23, 1951(1951-07-23)
Age	73
Date Of Death	July 23, 1986, Sutton, WV
Birthplace	Clendenin
Country	United States
Birth City	West Virginia
Horoscope	Cancer

Billy Joe Mantooth Biography

Billy Joe Mantooth is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on July 23, 1951 in Clendenin, West Virginia, United States.

Born to Rhondle Mantooth and Adabell Bowen Mantooth, Billy Joe Mantooth played his high school football at Herbert Hoover High School in Falling Rock, West Virginia. He wore number 31, and played on both offense and defense. It was his skills as a linebacker which won him selection to the West Virginia All- State Football team in 1968.

Mantooth’s name is well known in the story of the 1970 Marshall Thundering Herd football team. En route back to Huntington, West Virginia from a game against East Carolina, the Marshall team’s Southern Airways Flight 932 clipped some trees on approach to Tri-State Airport and the plane crashed at a nearly vertical altitude into a ravine short of the runway. All seventy-five people on board were killed. The football team was decimated: thirty-seven players and five of the eight coaches lost their lives. The lives of two Marshall coaches were spared due to a recruiting trip trying to bring Mantooth to the Thundering Herd, as assistant coaches Red Dawson and Gail Parker were on their way to see the star linebacker known as “The Man-Eater” at Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia. Dawson had actually driven to the East Carolina game and, joined by Parker (who had switched places with Deke Brackett, another coach), was to drive to Ferrum from Greenville, North Carolina at the game’s conclusion. However, en route to see Mantooth, Dawson and Parker heard about the crash on the radio.

Billy Joe Mantooth Net Worth

Billy Joe Mantooth is one of the richest Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Joe Mantooth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Billy Joe Mantooth (July 23, 1951 – July 23, 1986) was an American football linebacker from Clendenin, West Virginia, known as “The Man-Eater” during his playing days. He started his career at Ferrum College; after being honored as an NJCAA All-American in 1970, he transferred to West Virginia University. He also later played in the NFL.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Billy Joe Mantooth height 6 ft 2 in Bornito weight 225  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Billy Joe Mantooth Dating?

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In April 1981, Mantooth, who was 6’3″, 230 lb. at the time, was involved in The Big Blow, an altercation where he punched former University of Kentucky football player Dan Fowler, rendering the 6’4″, 240 lb. Fowler unconscious. In 1982, a Fayette Circuit Court jury awarded $20,000 ($52,986 in 2019 dollars when adjusted for inflation) to Fowler after he sued Mantooth over the punch, but the award was overturned by Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1983 and then reinstated by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 1984.

Facts & Trivia

Bornito Ranked on the list of most popular Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Billy Joe Mantooth celebrates birthday on July 23 of every year.