[5] His older brother John Wilcox was on the 1957 Ducks team which played in the Rose Bowl,[4] and was selected in the 1960 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles (15th round).

[6] Wilcox was a guard on offense and an end on defense, and teammates at Oregon included Mel Renfro and quarterback Bob Berry.

Both the Houston Oilers of the young American Football League and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL sought to sign the Oregon star.

[7][9] The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 241-pound (109 kg)[dubious – discuss] Wilcox opted to sign with the more established[citation needed] 49ers where he went on to star for 11 seasons.

[11] In 1970, San Francisco won the NFC West division title with a win-lost-tie record of 10–3–1.

[15] In 1972, San Francisco won the NFC West for the third straight year with a record of 8–5–1, allowing on defense 249 points (17.8 points/game), 9th in the league.

[citation needed] But they lost their divisional game of the 1972 NFL Playoffs to Dallas, thus eliminated by the Cowboys three consecutive years.

[failed verification][9] After each season, San Francisco would rate their players based on their performance.

[9] Born in the eastern Oregon city of Ontario, Wilcox had six sisters and a brother, John.

[16][18] Justin Wilcox serves as the head coach for the California Golden Bears, a former Pac-12 Conference foe of Oregon.