Bill Lapham Explained

Bill Lapham
Number:54, 52
Position:Center
Birth Date:2 February 1934
Birth Place:Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lbs:238
High School:Lincoln (Des Moines, Iowa)
College:Iowa
Draftyear:1958
Draftround:14
Draftpick:160
Afldraftyear:1960
Afldraftround:2
Pick: First Selections
(by the Houston Oilers)
Pastteams:
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Pfr:L/LaphBi20

William Gaius Lapham (February 2, 1934 – November 8, 2016) was an American football center who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings. He was drafted by the Eagles in the fourteenth round of the 1958 NFL draft. He was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1960 American Football League draft as well as by the Vikings in the 1961 NFL expansion draft. Lapham first enrolled at Drake University before transferring to the University of Iowa. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] He died in Des Moines in 2016 at the age of 82.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BILL LAPHAM . profootballarchives.com . March 15, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095004/http://www.profootballarchives.com/laph00200.html . April 2, 2015 .
  2. News: William G. Lapham Sr. Obituary (1934 - 2016) the des Moines Register. Legacy.com.