Ike Williams (American football)

Ike Williams

Position:	Quarterback/Halfback
Personal information
Date of birth:	January 3, 1903
Place of birth:	Little Rock, Arkansas
Date of death:	May 1977
Place of death:	Flint, Texas
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College:	Georgia Tech
Career history
Newark Bears (1926) Staten Island Stapletons (1929)
Career AFL / NFL statistics
Games played: 10 Games started: 9 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Ivan Andy "Ike" Williams (January 3, 1903 – May, 1977) was an American football player. Williams played college football at Georgia Tech, where he was a running back as well as a placekicker. In 1925, Tech met rival Georgia for the first time since 1916. Williams thought the game clock read five seconds remaining in the third quarter when in actuality it was five minutes. Williams set up his offense for a field goal and kicked it to put Tech up 3–0 on first down. Luckily for Williams, Tech won 3–0.^[1] He then played professional football with the Newark Bears and Staten Island Stapletons.^[2] In his season with the Stapes, Williams suffered a season ending injury against the New York Giants.^[3]

References

1. "'Froggy' Started March of Great Quarterbacks", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, pp. 3B, September 10, 1933
2. "Ike Williams - The Pro Football Archives". 12 April 2016.
3. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/16-03-564.pdf