Bill Austin ( – 2015) was an American college football and college lacrosse player. He played as a back for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 1956 to 1958 and was selected by the

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as a first-team player on the 1958 All-America Team. He finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1958, and he rushed for 2,073 yards and scored 204 points during his college football career at Rutgers. Austin also played lacrosse at Rutgers, earning honorable mention All-American accolades in 1958 and 1959. A resident of Camarillo, California who spent most of his professional career as an executive of a number of bicycle manufacturers, Austin grew up in

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and played football at

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, graduating in 1955.Staff
"New inductees to Scotch Plains-Fanwood H.S. Hall of Fame"
''Suburban News'', October 9, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2015. "Slated for induction are: William Austin. Class of 1955. Bill is in the Rutgers Hall of Fame as an All-American football player, who was drafted by the Washington Redskins."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Austin, Bill (American football, born 1937) Year of birth uncertain 1937 births 2015 deaths American football fullbacks Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's lacrosse players Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School alumni People from Camarillo, California People from Fanwood, New Jersey Players of American football from Union County, New Jersey Players of American football from Ventura County, California Lacrosse players from New Jersey