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Ike Williams
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Williams in 1925
No. 5
Position:Halfback, Quarterback, Kicker
Personal information
Born:(1902-04-23)April 23, 1902
Marshall, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:April 18, 1988(1988-04-18) (aged 85)
Kettering, Ohio, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:Little Rock Central (AR)
College:Georgia Tech (1923–1925)
Career history
Career AFL / NFL statistics
Games played:10
Games started:9
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ivan Andy "Ike" Williams (April 23, 1902 – April 18, 1988)[1][2] was an American gridiron football player of the 1920s. He played college football for Georgia Tech and later had a brief professional career.

Biography

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Williams was born in 1902 in Marshall, Oklahoma,[1] and attended Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.[3] He played high school football with his brother, Orval,[a] and Doug Wycoff—all three entered the Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech).[5] Williams played for the Georgia Tech football team during the one-platoon system era, and was a three-time letterman (1923–1925).[6][b] Williams was primarily a halfback during his sophomore and junior seasons; he was named to the 1923 College Football All-Southern Team by John Francis of the Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky.[7] Williams played quarterback as a senior; he was also a placekicker. In the 1925 Georgia–Georgia Tech football rivalry game, a third-quarter field goal by Williams was the only scoring in the game, giving Georgia Tech a 3–0 victory.[8]

At Georgia Tech, Williams was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Delta Sigma Pi honorary fraternity; he was selected vice-president of his sophomore class, president of his junior class, and vice-president of his senior class; he also was a member of the school's glee club.[9]

Williams played professional football with the 1926 Newark Bears in the first American Football League (AFL), with several other former Georgia Tech players including Jimmy Brewster, Vaughan Connelly, and Wycoff.[10] He later played for the 1929 Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL).[3] In his season with the Stapleton, he suffered a season-ending injury against the New York Giants.[11]

At the time he registered for the draft, in February 1942, Williams was living in Wayne, Michigan, and was working for Ford Motor Company.[2] In August 1942, he married Charlotte Bell Swingle of Urbana, Ohio.[12] Williams went on to own and operate a seed company in Urbana, and served as president of the Ohio Seed Association.[1] Williams died in 1988 at his residence in Kettering, Ohio; he was survived by his wife and two daughters.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Orval Williams died in 1981.[4]
  2. ^ He appears in the list of all-time George Tech letterwinners as I. A. Williams.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ivan A. Williams". Urbana Daily Citizen. Urbana, Ohio. April 20, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Draft Registration Card". Selective Service System. February 1942. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via fold3.com.
  3. ^ a b "Ike Williams". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Orval E. Williams". The Atlanta Journal. August 14, 1981. p. 3-C. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech Gets Three Local Stars". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. September 1, 1922. p. 13. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "All-Time Letterwinners" (PDF). Georgia Tech Football Information Guide. 2023. p. 254. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via ramblinwreck.com.
  7. ^ "How Dixie Scribes Chose All-Southern Gridiron Team (cont'd)". Courier Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. December 2, 1923. p. Sports 3. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Golden Tornado Defeats Georgia Football Team By Scoring Field Goal". The Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1925. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ The Blue Print. Georgia School of Technology. 1926. p. 70. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via gatech.edu.
  10. ^ Hawkins, Dick (December 12, 1926). "Hawk-Eye-ing Sports". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 4B. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Gill, Bob (1994). "Just Staten Out On The Island: How Dan Blaine's Stapletons earned their shot at the NFL" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. Vol. 16, no. 3. p. 3 – via profootballresearchers.org.
  12. ^ "Charlotte Bell Swingle, Ivan A. Williams Were Married On Sunday". Urbana Daily Citizen. Urbana, Ohio. August 19, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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