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William Fifer

  • Class
  • Induction
    2013
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Fifer earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 1976 and 1977.  He helped lead the team to a MVC Championship in 1977.  He earned outstanding Lineman honors in 1977 and was an Associated Press All-America selection in 1977. 
 
He played in the East-West Shrine Game in 1977 and was drafted in the fourth round by the Detroit Lions in 1978.  Fifer played in the NFL from 1978-1981 for the Lions, New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks. 
 
Following his stint in the NFL, Fifer returned to Canyon and coached the Buffs from 1982-1985 under head coach Don Davis.  Fifer was inducted into the Tivy High School Hall of Fame in Kerrville, Texas, in 1996.
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