| Bill Cox | |
| Position: | End Defensive end Defensive back |
| Number: | 14, 40 |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Draftyear: | 1951 |
| Draftround: | 8 |
| Draftpick: | 87 |
| High School: | Mount Airy |
| College: | Duke |
| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 26 |
| Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
| Statvalue2: | 90 |
| Statlabel3: | Interceptions |
| Statvalue3: | 5 |
| Highlights: | |
John William Cox (May 9, 1929 – May 14, 2017) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Duke University and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1951 NFL draft.
Cox was inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame in 1978. He died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 88.[2]