Bill Frank

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Bill Frank

Date of birth:	April 13, 1938 (1938-04-13)
Place of birth:	Denver, Colorado
Career information
Position(s):	Tackle
College:	Colorado
AFL Draft:	1963 / Round: 24 / Pick: 186 (By the San Diego Chargers)
NFL Draft:	1963 / Round: 18 / Pick: 244
Organizations
As player:
1962-1964 1964 1965-1968 1968-1976	BC Lions (CFL) Dallas Cowboys Toronto Argonauts (CFL) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star:	1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
Playing stats at NFL.com
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 2001

William B. Frank, Jr. (born April 13, 1938 in Denver, Colorado) is a retired American and Canadian football offensive tackle in the Canadian Football League and with the University of Colorado, who also briefly played in the National Football League. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

College career

Frank played college football at San Diego Junior College in 1959, and was named onto the junior college All-American team. For the next two years, he played on the University of Colorado's football team. He was named a member of Colorado's all-time all-star team. He was also a competitive college wrestler.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Frank began his 15-year CFL career with the BC Lions in 1962 and played in the 1963 Grey Cup. He was an 18th round draft pick (244 overall) in the 1963 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys and played four games with the team in 1964. He returned to the CFL with the Toronto Argonauts from 1965 to 1968 and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1968 to 1976. He was an all-star seven times. Frank was named to the Argonauts' quarter-century team, the Blue Bombers' all-time dream team,^{[citation needed]} and in November 2006 was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#49) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.

Awards and honors

• CFL All-Star team (offensive tackle) - 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
• Eastern All-Star (offensive tackle) - 1966, 1967, 1968
• Western All-Star (offensive tackle) - 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
• Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hall of Fame - 1990
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame - 2001