Personal information | |
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Date of birth | October 18, 1928 |
Place of birth | San Pedro, California |
Date of death | May 22, 2013 | (aged 84)
Place of death | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Head Coach Offensive lineman |
College | Oregon State |
NFL Draft | 1949 / Round 13 / Pick 126 |
Pro Bowls | 1 |
Head coaching record | |
Career record | 17-36-3 |
Stats | |
Playing stats | Pro Football Reference |
Playing stats | DatabaseFootball |
Coaching stats | Pro Football Reference |
Coaching stats | DatabaseFootball |
Team(s) as a player | |
1949-1957 | New York Giants |
Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
1958 1959-1964 1965 1966-1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973-77 1979-1982 1983-84 1985 |
Wichita State University (HC) Green Bay Packers (OL) Los Angeles Rams (OL) Pittsburgh Steelers (HC) Washington Redskins (OL) Washington Redskins (HC) Chicago Bears (OL) St. Louis Cardinals (OL/RB) Washington Redskins (OL) New York Giants (OL) N.J. Generals (USFL) (OL)/(OC) New York Jets (OL) |
William Lee Austin (October 18, 1928 – May 22, 2013) was a former American football player and coach in the National Football League, having played for the New York Giants for seven seasons (1949–50, 1953–57) and served as head coach for both the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1966–68 and the Washington Redskins in 1970. He died on May 24, 2013 at his home in Las Vegas, NV.
Bill played for Oregon State University in college, earning All-Coast honors as a tackle in 1948. He also played in the 1949 East-West Shrine Game.
Austin coached for the Green Bay Packers during two of their championship seasons before becoming the Steelers head coach. However, during his three years with the Steelers, he failed to produce a winning season, finishing 11-28-3 over that span, and was replaced after the 1968 season by Chuck Noll. In 1969, Austin once again joined his former boss with the Packers, Vince Lombardi, in Washington as an assistant, then took over as head coach when Lombardi died of cancer on September 3, 1970. Dismissed after that season, he returned to his role as an assistant coach in the NFL for the remainder of his career, including a stint as Offensive Line Coach for the New York Giants in the early 1980s. [1]
He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. He died at his home in Las Vegas in 2013.[1]
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- Bill Austin player stats retrieved 9 June 2010
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