Bill Cox (American football)
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Position: | End Defensive end Defensive back | ||||||
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Born: | Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S. | May 9, 1929||||||
Died: | May 14, 2017 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | (aged 88)||||||
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High school: | Mount Airy | ||||||
College: | Duke | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1951 / Round: 8 / Pick: 87 | ||||||
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John William Cox (May 9, 1929 – May 14, 2017) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Duke University and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1951 NFL Draft.
Cox was inducted into the Duke Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.[1] He died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 88.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Duke Sports Hall of Fame". Duke Update. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
- ^ "Former All-America Halfback Billy Cox Passes Away". Duke University. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
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