William N. Wallace (April 29, 1924 – August 11, 2012) was an American sportswriter for The New York Times.
Wallace was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Yale University in 1945 after serving in World War II.
[1] Wallace was hired by the World-Telegram as a yachting writer and in 1957 joined the New York Herald Tribune, where he began his football writing career in 1959.
He is the author of the book Yale’s Ironmen: A Story of Football and Lives in the Decade of the Depression and Beyond.
[2] In 1986, he was given the Dick McCann Memorial Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.