Chip Healy | |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1947 |
Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Draftedyear: | 1969 |
Draftedround: | 3 |
Playing Years1: | 1969–1970 |
Playing Team1: | St. Louis Cardinals |
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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]