He attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie, where he played college football for the Cowboys under head coach Lloyd Eaton.
Billngsley received notice from AFL scouts during his senior season in 1966, when the Cowboys went 10–1, won the WAC championship, and defeated Florida State 28–20 in the Sun Bowl.
After 1972, he and Kent Nix were traded to the New Orleans Saints for Dave Parks, Tom Stincic, and Edd Hargett.
[2] However, because of the continued problems with his injury, he never played a game with the Saints and retired in 1973.
On June 15, 2007, Billingsley rescued two fellow residents of his apartment complex in Glencoe, Alabama after one of the units caught fire.