Birth Date: | 25 June 1912 |
Birth Place: | Vincennes, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
Databasefootball: | SORTEBIL01 |
Playing Years1: | 1933–1940 |
Wilbur John "Bill" Sortet (June 25, 1912January 22, 1998) was an American gridiron football end who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers. Sortet attended West Virginia University.[1]
A 1939 official program for a Pirates intra-squad game shows Sortet's position as "R.G." and weighing 190 lbs.