Will walls

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Will walls
Position (s):
End 		Jersey number (s):
24
born December 8, 1912 in Lonoke, Arkansas
died on January 3, 1993 in Dallas, Texas
Career information
Active : 1937 - 1943
College : Texas Christian University
Teams

Career statistics
Games     55
as a starter     27
Touchdown     4th
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

William Thomas Walls (* 8. December 1912 in Lonoke , Arkansas ; † 3. January 1993 in Dallas , Texas ) was an American American football poker players, assistant coach and scout . He played as an end in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants .

Player career

College career

Will Walls had partial Native American ancestors and was born in Arkansas. He grew up in Little Rock , where he also attended high school. After graduating from school, he studied from 1934 to 1937 at Texas Christian University , where he played football for the TCU Horned Frogs on the position of one end . He was also active in college as a baseball and basketball player. In 1935 he was able to win the national college championship with his football team. In that game year Walls took part in the Sugar Bowl with his team . In the 3-2 victory of his team over the team from Louisiana State University , he was able to catch a pass from quarterback Sammy Baugh and thus achieve a space gain of 25 yards .

Professional career

William Walls joined the New York Giants overseen by Steve Owen in 1937 . The Giants used him with Jim Poole and Ray Hanken as the end of the team's offense . The team's quarterbacks were Tuffy Leemans and Ed Danowski , who were rarely used as passer by the Giants. American football was almost a pure running game at that time. In his first year of play, Walls only caught ten passes. In 1938 Walls was able to move into the NFL final with his team , where the Giants were able to prevail against the Green Bay Packers with 23:17 . Due to an injury, Walls was only able to play four games for the Giants this year. The following year the Giants lost the NFL final against the Packers 27-0. In 1940, Walls suspended his career for a year and coached a high school team in Denton , Texas. In 1941 he returned to the Giants. In 1942, Walls lost his third NFL final with the Giants, this time 37-9 against the Chicago Bears . Walls ended his playing career after the 1943 season.

Career as a trainer and scout

Will Walls appeared as an extra in three Hollywood films in 1944. In 1945 he briefly trained a navy team. In 1946 he returned to Texas as an assistant coach at Kilgore College , where he served as head coach in 1947 and 1948 . His team won 29 of 31 games. After the college had closed its gaming operations, he returned to Texas Christian University and continued his studies, which he successfully completed with a master's degree. In 1952 he was together with Cecil Isbell assistant coach at the Dallas Texans , which, however, had to cease playing after only one year of play. Walls moved to the University of Colorado as an assistant coach , but later returned to professional sports and became an assistant to Buddy Parker at the Pittsburgh Steelers . As the team's scout, he was later responsible for signing players like Terry Bradshaw and Joe Greene . He thus contributed to the success of the team that won the Super Bowl four times from 1974 to 1979 . Walls died in Dallas after a long illness. His former college inducted him into the TCU Lettermen's Association Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Sugar Bowl 1936
  2. ^ Annual statistics of the New York Giants 1938
  3. ^ Annual statistics of the New York Giants 1939
  4. ↑ Annual statistics of the New York Giants 1941
  5. ↑ Will Walls signed by the Dallas Texans

Web links

source

  • Arthur J. Rooney Jr., Roy McHugh, Ruanaidh - The Story of Art Rooney and His Clan , Ruanaidh-Story of Art Rooney, 2008, ISBN 9780981476025
  • Tom Danyluk, Paul Zimmerman, The Super '70s , Mad Uke Publishing, 2005, ISBN 9780977038305
personal data
SURNAME Walls, Will
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walls, William Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Lonoke , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1993
Place of death Dallas , Texas