Dr. Sidney E. Williams (March 18, 1928 – December 27, 2012), known primarily as Dr. Sid, was a chiropractor most well known for establishing the largest single-campus chiropractic school, Life University.
Highlights of his football career include winning the 1952 Orange Bowl, and his subsequent election to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Hall of Fame.
He attended Tech High School in Atlanta, Georgia and while there earned the rank of Eagle Scout, and joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps where he served as a Lieutenant Colonel and captain of the drill and rifle team.
[5] In 1946, Williams graduated from high school and by 1947 joined the 179th Field Artillery unit, 22nd Infantry Division, in the Georgia Army National Guard.
[5] Following his military service, in 1948, Williams fielded scholarships from over ten different colleges before settling on his parents' Alma mater, Georgia Tech.
For the 1950 and 1952 seasons, Williams started as defensive left end, and he played in the 1952 Orange Bowl where Georgia Tech beat Baylor University with a fourth quarter field goal.
The campus was originally leased from the Lockheed Corporation, and on January 20, 1975, Life Chiropractic College opened with a pioneer class of 22 students.
During his tenure, Williams grew the school's total enrollment to over 3,500 students, making it the largest chiropractic college in the world at the time.
[12] Williams also was determined to field a nationally winning basketball team and hired Roger Kaiser to coach at Life.