William Thomas "Bill" Walls (December 8, 1912January 3, 1993) was an

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who played collegiately at

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(TCU). He played from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1941 to 1943 for the

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of the

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(NFL).

Biography

Bill Walls was born December 8, 1912, in

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. He grew up in

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. Walls enrolled at

(TCU) in

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in 1933, playing football for the freshman team."Spring Football Training to Start at TCU April 9,"
''Longview XNews-Journal,'' April 4, 1934, p. 10. 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

. The 6'4" Walls also played basketball for the Horned frogs, starting for the team in 1934. Walls was an undrafted

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who made the squad with the

in 1937 and wound up playing six seasons for the team — 1937 to 1939 and 1941 to 1943. Walls died January 3, 1993.

References

1914 births 1993 deaths People from Lonoke, Arkansas Players of American football from Arkansas American football wide receivers TCU Horned Frogs football players New York Giants players {{widereceiver-1910s-stub