Bill Walls Explained

Bill Walls
Position:end
Birth Date:8 December 1912
Birth Place:Lonoke, Arkansas
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:214
College:TCU
Pastteams:
Statlabel1:Games played
Statvalue1:55
Statlabel2:Starts
Statvalue2:27
Statlabel3:Receiving yards
Statvalue3:596
Statlabel4:Touchdowns
Statvalue4:4
Pfr:WallWi20

William Thomas "Bill" Walls (December 8, 1912January 3, 1993) was an American football end who played collegiately at Texas Christian University (TCU). He played from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1941 to 1943 for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

Biography

Bill Walls was born December 8, 1912, in Lonoke, Arkansas. He grew up in Little Rock.

Walls enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas in 1933, playing football for the freshman team.[1] In the spring of 1934 he attended spring practice in preparation to try out for the varsity squad, a team in its first year under new head coach Leo R. "Dutch" Meyer. Walls made the team as an end.

The 6'4" Walls also played basketball for the Horned frogs, starting for the team in 1934.[2]

Walls was an undrafted free agent who made the squad with the New York Giants in 1937 and wound up playing six seasons for the team — 1937 to 1939 and 1941 to 1943.[3]

Walls died January 3, 1993.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal-spring-football-tr/142497408/ "Spring Football Training to Start at TCU April 9,"
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-waco-times-herald-tcu-horned-frogs-b/142497601/ "Frogs Barely Able to Defeat Trinity,"
  3. Web site: Will Walls Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College . 2023-03-20 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.