Joel Williams (offensive lineman)

Williams was born in San Angelo Texas and played high school football at Central High school there where he was 1st Team All-State and helped the team win the 1943 State Championship.

[1][2] He stated college at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning and spent time in the Navy before ending up at Texas.

That season, led by Bobby Layne, the Longhorns went 10-1, won the Southwest Conference Championship and then the 1948 Sugar Bowl.

[11] But he never played with New York and instead headed to Canada where he spent two years playing professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL), which at the time was offering pay competitive to the NFL.

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