Monk Edwards

Bill Edwards
Position:	Center / Guard / Tackle
Personal information
Born:	July 9, 1920; Ireland, Texas
Died:	May 19, 2009 (aged 88)
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
College:	Baylor
NFL Draft:	1940 / Round: 16 / Pick: 170
Career history
	New York Giants (1940–1942, 1946);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL 1940s All-Decade Team;
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

William Bennett "Monk" Edwards (July 19, 1920 – May 19, 2009^[1]) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at Baylor University as a fullback from 1936 to 1939 and was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1940 NFL Draft.^[2]

Career[]

Monk became a lawyer and served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation during World War II.^[3]^[4] He worked in the legal department for Gulf Oil from 1946 until he retired in 1976.

^ "Edwards, William B. "Monk" Obituary". Houston Chronicle. May 24, 2009. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2010. Alt URL
^ "National Football League: NFL Draft History – by Team". National Football League. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
^ "'On Guard'", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume 48, number 222, December 13, 1946, page 10.
^ Vaughn, Doug, "On The Rebound", The Windsor Daily Star, Windsor, Ontario, volume 57, number 70, November 23, 1946, page 3.
^ http://www.baylorbears.com/ot/hall-induct.html

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