Bill Austin

Bill Austin
Personal information
Date of birth	October 18, 1928 (age 84)
Place of birth	San Pedro, California
Career information
Position(s)	Head Coach; Offensive lineman
College	Oregon State
NFL Draft	1949 / Round 13 / Pick 126
Pro Bowls	1
Head coaching record
Career record	17-36-3
Stats
Playing stats	Pro Football Reference
Playing stats	DatabaseFootball
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1949-1957	New York Giants
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1958; 1959-1964; 1965; 1966-1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973-77; 1979-1982; 1983-84; 1985	Wichita State University (HC); Green Bay Packers (OL); Los Angeles Rams (OL); Pittsburgh Steelers (HC); Washington Redskins (OL); Washington Redskins (HC); Chicago Bears (OL); St. Louis Cardinals (OL/RB); Washington Redskins (OL); New York Giants (OL); N.J. Generals (USFL) (OL)/(OC); New York Jets (OL)

For other people named Bill Austin, see William Austin (disambiguation).

William Lee Austin (born October 18, 1928) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League, having played for the New York Giants for seven seasons (1949–50, 1953–57) and served as head coach for both the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1966–68 and the Washington Redskins in 1970.

Bill played for Oregon State University in college, earning All-Coast honors as a tackle in 1948. He also played in the 1949 East-West Shrine Game.

Austin coached for the Green Bay Packers during two of their championship seasons before becoming the Steelers head coach. However, during his three years with the Steelers, he failed to produce a winning season, finishing 11-28-3 over that span, and was replaced after the 1968 season by Chuck Noll. In 1969, Austin once again joined his former boss with the Packers, Vince Lombardi, in Washington as an assistant, then took over as head coach when Lombardi died of cancer on September 3, 1970. Dismissed after that season, he returned to his role as an assistant coach in the NFL for the remainder of his career, including a stint as Offensive Line Coach for the New York Giants in the early 1980s. [1]

He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.

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Name	Austin, Bill
Alternative names	William Lee Austin
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 18, 1928
Place of birth	San Pedro, California
Date of death
Place of death

Bill Austin

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-10-18) October 18, 1928 (age 84)
Place of birth	San Pedro, California
Career information
Position(s)	Head Coach Offensive lineman
College	Oregon State
NFL Draft	1949 / Round 13 / Pick 126
Pro Bowls	1
Head coaching record
Career record	17-36-3
Stats
Playing stats	Pro Football Reference
Playing stats	DatabaseFootball
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1949-1957	New York Giants
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1958 1959-1964 1965 1966-1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973-77 1979-1982 1983-84 1985	Wichita State University (HC) Green Bay Packers (OL) Los Angeles Rams (OL) Pittsburgh Steelers (HC) Washington Redskins (OL) Washington Redskins (HC) Chicago Bears (OL) St. Louis Cardinals (OL/RB) Washington Redskins (OL) New York Giants (OL) N.J. Generals (USFL) (OL)/(OC) New York Jets (OL)