Bill Austin (American football, born 1937)

Bill Austin was an American college football and college lacrosse player who was born around 1937 and died in 2015. He played as a back for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 1956 to 1958 and was chosen by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1958 All-America Team. He finished sixth in the voting for the 1958 Heisman Trophy and, over his college football career, rushed for 2,073 yards and scored 204 points. At Rutgers he also played lacrosse, earning honorable mention All-American recognition in 1958 and 1959. The Washington Redskins selected him in the 28th round, 329th overall, of the 1959 NFL draft. He grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey, and later lived in Camarillo, California, where he worked as an executive for several bicycle manufacturers.