| Willie Gillespie | |
| Position: | Wide receiver |
| Number: | 23 |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Starkville, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lbs: | 170 |
| Draftpick: | 109 |
| High School: | Starkville (MS) |
| College: | East Mississippi CC Chattanooga |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 3 |
| Statlabel2: | Receptions |
| Statvalue2: | 3 |
| Statlabel3: | Receiving yards |
| Statvalue3: | 46 |
| Pfr: | GillWi20 |
William Earl Gillespie (born October 24, 1961) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL, where he had the distinction of catching the winning touchdown in the Bandits first-ever USFL game.[1] [2] He later played in the NFL, for both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Minnesota Vikings.[3] He went to junior college at East Mississippi Community College,[4] and later attended the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He is the current wide-receivers coach at Starkville High School, his alma mater in 1979.[5] He was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts.[6]