Bill Cox (American football)

Bill Cox
No. 14, 40
Position:	End Defensive end Defensive back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1929-06-17) June 17, 1929
Place of birth:	Mount Airy, North Carolina
Career information
College:	Duke
NFL draft:	1951 / Round: 8 / Pick: 87
Career history
Washington Redskins (1951-1952, 1955)
Career highlights and awards
Duke Sports Hall of Fame^[1]
Career NFL statistics
Games played:	26
Receiving yards:	90
Interceptions:	5
Stats at NFL.com

John William Cox (born June 17, 1929 in Mount Airy, North Carolina) is a former American football end in the National Football League 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.^[1]

Washington Redskins 1951 NFL Draft selections

Leon Heath Ed Salem Jim Staton Walt Yowarsky Paul Girowski John Martinkovic John Papit Bill Cox Jake Rowden James Janosek Bill DeChard Al Applegate Dick Campbell Vic Thomas Bob Bates Gene Brito Dom Fucci Buddy Brown John Kerestes Clarence Marable Elliott Speed Cecil Martin Tom Powers Bob Chubb Johnny Williams Bill Johnson John Kadiec Art Stewart Nick Bolkovac

Draft Years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Duke Sports Hall of Fame". Duke Update. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27.