Chip Healy

American football player (1947–2019)

Chip Healy
Career information
Born:	(1947-08-16)August 16, 1947 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	October 8, 2019(2019-10-08) (aged 72) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
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 a professional American football player, who played linebacker for the St. Louis Cardinals.^[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

^ "Chip Healy Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
^ "Healy goes from Vandy to NFL". www.vucommodores.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
^ "About". www.chips-place.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
^ "article". www.chips-place.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 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.
^ 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.