Chip Healy

Chip Healy

Born:	(1947-08-16)August 16, 1947 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	October 8, 2019(2019-10-08) (aged 72) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Linebacker
College	Vanderbilt University
NFL draft	1969, round: 3
Career history
As player
1969–1970	St. Louis Cardinals
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1968) First-team All-SEC (1966)

William Raymond "Chip" Healy Jr. (August 16, 1947 – October 8, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National football League (NFL). He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores.^[1]

After retiring from football in 1970, Healy moved around Tennessee working for his father's brokerage business, before retiring in 1987.^[2] Since 2001, he operated Transitional Living in Nashville, Tennessee, known as "Chip's Place", a treatment and living facility for men struggling with alcoholism,^[3] which initially included Healy himself.

A devout Christian, Healy lived in Nashville and had two children.^[4] His nephew Will Healy was the head football coach at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte.^[5]

Chip Healy died in Nashville on October 8, 2019, at the age of 72.^[6]

References

1. "Chip Healy Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
2. "Healy goes from Vandy to NFL". www.vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
3. "About". www.chips-place.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
4. "article". www.chips-place.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. Scott, David (December 5, 2018). "Why Charlotte 49ers believe they found 'the right guy' in new football coach Will Healy". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
6. Schmitt, Brad (October 9, 2019). "1960s Vanderbilt football standout Chip Healy — a champion for Nashville's recovering addicts — dies". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

External links

• Transitional Living website^{[permanent dead link‍]}