Monk Edwards
American football player (1920-2009)
American football player
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Position: | Center, guard, tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | (1920-07-09)July 9, 1920 Ireland, Texas, U.S. |
Died: | May 19, 2009(2009-05-19) (aged 88) |
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Beaumont (Beaumont, Texas) |
College: | Baylor |
NFL draft: | 1940 / Round: 18 / Pick: 170 |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Player stats at PFR | |
William Bennett "Monk" Edwards (July 19, 1920 – May 19, 2009[1]) was an American football lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He played college football at Baylor University as a fullback from 1936 to 1939 and was selected in the 18th 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.
Honors
- 1972: Baylor Bears Hall-of-Fame inductee[5]
References
- ^ "Edwards, William B. "Monk" Obituary". Houston Chronicle. May 24, 2009. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2010. Alt URL
- ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com - Athletics". www.baylorbears.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
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New York Giants 1940 NFL draft selections
- Grenny Lansdell
- John McLaughry
- Carl Tomasello
- Lou Smith
- Rex Williams
- Win Pedersen
- Dom Principe
- Earl Clark
- John McKibben
- Ed McGee
- Joe Payne
- Bob Smith
- Othel Turner
- Ned Swan
- John Rogalla
- Monk Edwards
- Cecil Walden
- John Sullivan
- Weenie Bynum
- Myron Claxton
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