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{{Short description|American football player (1903–1977)}}
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| birth_place = [[Marshall, Oklahoma]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|04|18|1902|04|23}}
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| birth_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
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| death_place = [[Kettering, Ohio]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{Death-date |May 1977}}
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| death_place =[[Flint, Texas]]
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| college = [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] (1923–1925)
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'''Ivan Andy "Ike" Williams''' (January 3, 1903 – May, 1977) was an [[American football]] player. Williams played [[college football]] at [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]], where he was a [[running back]] as well as a [[placekicker]]. In [[1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team|1925]], Tech met rival [[1925 Georgia Bulldogs football team|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.<ref>{{Citation
'''Ivan Andy''' "'''Ike'''" '''Williams''' (April 23, 1902 – April 18, 1988)<ref name=obit/><ref name=fold3/> was an American [[gridiron football]] player of the 1920s. He played [[college football]] for [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] and later had a brief professional career.
| title = 'Froggy' Started March of Great Quarterbacks

| newspaper = [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]
==Biography==
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Williams was born in 1902 in [[Marshall, Oklahoma]],<ref name=obit/> and attended [[Little Rock Central High School]] in Arkansas.<ref name=PFA/> He played [[high school football]] with his brother, Orval,{{efn|Orval Williams died in 1981.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-orval-e-williams/143658981/ |title=Orval E. Williams |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal]] |page=3-C |date=August 14, 1981 |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>}} and [[Doug Wycoff]]—all three entered the [[Georgia School of Technology]] (Georgia Tech).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-georgia-tech-gets/143658756/ |title=Georgia Tech Gets Three Local Stars |newspaper=[[Arkansas Gazette]] |location=[[Little Rock, Arkansas]] |page=13 |date=September 1, 1922 |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Williams played for the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech football]] team during the [[one-platoon system]] era, and was a three-time [[letterman (sports)|letterman]] (1923–1925).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ramblinwreck.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-GT-FB-info-guide-web-v2.pdf |magazine=Georgia Tech Football Information Guide |date=2023 |title=All-Time Letterwinners |page=254 |via=ramblinwreck.com |accessdate=March 17, 2024}}</ref>{{efn|He appears in the list of all-time George Tech letterwinners as I. A. Williams.}} Williams was primarily a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] during his sophomore and junior seasons; he was named to the [[1923 College Football All-Southern Team]] by John Francis of the ''[[Courier Journal]]'' of [[Louisville, Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-how-dixie-scribes-chose-a/143657200/ |title=How Dixie Scribes Chose All-Southern Gridiron Team (cont'd) |newspaper=[[Courier Journal]] |location=[[Louisville, Kentucky]] |page=Sports 3 |date=December 2, 1923 |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Williams played [[quarterback]] as a senior; he was also a [[placekicker]]. In the 1925 [[Georgia–Georgia Tech football rivalry]] game, a third-quarter [[field goal]] by Williams was the only scoring in the game, giving Georgia Tech a 3–0 victory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Golden Tornado Defeats Georgia Football Team By Scoring Field Goal |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |date=November 15, 1925 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30734600/golden_tornado_defeats_georgia_football/ |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
| date = September 10, 1933}}</ref> He then played professional football with the [[Newark Bears (AFL)|Newark Bears]] and [[Staten Island Stapletons]].<ref>http://www.profootballarchives.com/will14600.html</ref> In his [[1929 Staten Island Stapletons season|season]] with the Stapes, Williams suffered a season ending injury against the [[1929 New York Giants season|New York Giants]].<ref>http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/16-03-564.pdf</ref>

At Georgia Tech, Williams was a member of the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity and the [[Delta Sigma Pi]] honorary fraternity; he was selected vice-president of his sophomore class, president of his junior class, and vice-president of his senior class; he also was a member of the school's [[glee club]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://repository.gatech.edu/bitstreams/9490f709-8c3d-4aed-89d1-1086d1225e5c/download |title=The Blue Print |page=70 |date=1926 |publisher=Georgia School of Technology |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=gatech.edu}}</ref>

Williams played professional football with the 1926 [[Newark Bears (AFL)|Newark Bears]] in the first [[American Football League (1926)|American Football League]] (AFL), with several other former Georgia Tech players including [[Jimmy Brewster]], [[Vaughan Connelly]], and Wycoff.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-hawk-eye-ing-sp/143547494/ |title=Hawk-Eye-ing Sports |first=Dick |last=Hawkins |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Constitution]] |page=4B |date=December 12, 1926 |accessdate=March 17, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He later played for the [[1929 Staten Island Stapletons season|1929 Staten Island Stapletons]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref name=PFA>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/will14600.html|title=Ike Williams |website=profootballarchives.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821171119/https://www.profootballarchives.com/will14600.html |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> In his season with the Stapleton, he suffered a season-ending injury against the [[1929 New York Giants season|New York Giants]].<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Coffin Corner |title=Just Staten Out On The Island: How Dan Blaine's Stapletons earned their shot at the NFL |date=1994 |volume=16 |number=3 |first=Bob |last=Gill |page=3 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/16-03-564.pdf |via=profootballresearchers.org}}</ref>

At the time he registered for [[Conscription in the United States|the draft]], in February 1942, Williams was living in [[Wayne, Michigan]], and was working for [[Ford Motor Company]].<ref name=fold3>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/659841393 |title=Draft Registration Card |agency=[[Selective Service System]] |date=February 1942 |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=fold3.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In August 1942, he married Charlotte Bell Swingle of [[Urbana, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-urbana-daily-citizen-charlotte-bell/143659753/ |title=Charlotte Bell Swingle, Ivan A. Williams Were Married On Sunday |newspaper=[[Urbana Daily Citizen]] |location=[[Urbana, Ohio]] |page=3 |date=August 19, 1942 |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Williams went on to own and operate a seed company in Urbana, and served as president of the Ohio Seed Association.<ref name=obit/> Williams died in 1988 at his residence in [[Kettering, Ohio]]; he was survived by his wife and two daughters.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-urbana-daily-citizen-ivan-a-william/143651699/ |title=Ivan A. Williams |newspaper=[[Urbana Daily Citizen]] |location=[[Urbana, Ohio]] |page=8 |date=April 20, 1988 |accessdate=March 18, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks]]

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Latest revision as of 15:36, 24 May 2024

Ike Williams
refer to caption
Williams in 1925
No. 5
Position:Halfback, Quarterback, Kicker
Personal information
Born:(1902-04-23)April 23, 1902
Marshall, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:April 18, 1988(1988-04-18) (aged 85)
Kettering, Ohio, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:Little Rock Central (AR)
College:Georgia Tech (1923–1925)
Career history
Career AFL / NFL statistics
Games played:10
Games started:9
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ivan Andy "Ike" Williams (April 23, 1902 – April 18, 1988)[1][2] was an American gridiron football player of the 1920s. He played college football for Georgia Tech and later had a brief professional career.

Biography

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Williams was born in 1902 in Marshall, Oklahoma,[1] and attended Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.[3] He played high school football with his brother, Orval,[a] and Doug Wycoff—all three entered the Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech).[5] Williams played for the Georgia Tech football team during the one-platoon system era, and was a three-time letterman (1923–1925).[6][b] Williams was primarily a halfback during his sophomore and junior seasons; he was named to the 1923 College Football All-Southern Team by John Francis of the Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky.[7] Williams played quarterback as a senior; he was also a placekicker. In the 1925 Georgia–Georgia Tech football rivalry game, a third-quarter field goal by Williams was the only scoring in the game, giving Georgia Tech a 3–0 victory.[8]

At Georgia Tech, Williams was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Delta Sigma Pi honorary fraternity; he was selected vice-president of his sophomore class, president of his junior class, and vice-president of his senior class; he also was a member of the school's glee club.[9]

Williams played professional football with the 1926 Newark Bears in the first American Football League (AFL), with several other former Georgia Tech players including Jimmy Brewster, Vaughan Connelly, and Wycoff.[10] He later played for the 1929 Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL).[3] In his season with the Stapleton, he suffered a season-ending injury against the New York Giants.[11]

At the time he registered for the draft, in February 1942, Williams was living in Wayne, Michigan, and was working for Ford Motor Company.[2] In August 1942, he married Charlotte Bell Swingle of Urbana, Ohio.[12] Williams went on to own and operate a seed company in Urbana, and served as president of the Ohio Seed Association.[1] Williams died in 1988 at his residence in Kettering, Ohio; he was survived by his wife and two daughters.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Orval Williams died in 1981.[4]
  2. ^ He appears in the list of all-time George Tech letterwinners as I. A. Williams.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ivan A. Williams". Urbana Daily Citizen. Urbana, Ohio. April 20, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Draft Registration Card". Selective Service System. February 1942. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via fold3.com.
  3. ^ a b "Ike Williams". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Orval E. Williams". The Atlanta Journal. August 14, 1981. p. 3-C. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Tech Gets Three Local Stars". Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. September 1, 1922. p. 13. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "All-Time Letterwinners" (PDF). Georgia Tech Football Information Guide. 2023. p. 254. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via ramblinwreck.com.
  7. ^ "How Dixie Scribes Chose All-Southern Gridiron Team (cont'd)". Courier Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. December 2, 1923. p. Sports 3. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Golden Tornado Defeats Georgia Football Team By Scoring Field Goal". The Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1925. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ The Blue Print. Georgia School of Technology. 1926. p. 70. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via gatech.edu.
  10. ^ Hawkins, Dick (December 12, 1926). "Hawk-Eye-ing Sports". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 4B. Retrieved March 17, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Gill, Bob (1994). "Just Staten Out On The Island: How Dan Blaine's Stapletons earned their shot at the NFL" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. Vol. 16, no. 3. p. 3 – via profootballresearchers.org.
  12. ^ "Charlotte Bell Swingle, Ivan A. Williams Were Married On Sunday". Urbana Daily Citizen. Urbana, Ohio. August 19, 1942. p. 3. Retrieved March 18, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
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