Will Walls

American football player and coach (1912–1993)

American football player

Will WallsNo. 24

Position:| End
Personal information
Born:| (1912-12-08)December 8, 1912
Lonoke, Arkansas, U.S.
Died:| January 3, 1993(1993-01-03) (aged 80)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:| 214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:| North Little Rock
(North Little Rock, Arkansas)
College:| TCU
Career history
As a player:

* New York Giants (1937–1939, 1941–1943)

As a coach:

* Denton HS (TX) (1940)
Head coach
* Kilgore (1946)
Assistant coach
* Kilgore (1947–1948)
Head coach
* Corpus Christi (1949–1950)
Head coach
* LSU (1953–1954)
Line coach
* Colorado (1956–1958)
Assistant coach
* Florida State (1959)
Assistant coach

Career highlights and awards

* NFL champion (1938)

Player stats at PFR

William Thomas Walls Jr. (December 8, 1912 – January 3, 1993) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as an end for six seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He attended North Little Rock High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU).

Walls was the head football coach at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas from 1947 to 1948. He resigned in 1949 to become the head football coach at University of Corpus Christi—now known as Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.[1]

## Head coaching record

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### Junior college

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Kilgore Rangers (Texas Junior College Football Federation) (1947–1948)
1947 | Kilgore  | 9–1 | 6–1 | 2nd |
1948 | Kilgore  | 10–1 | 6–1 | 1st | W Texas Rose Bowl
Kilgore: | 19–2 | 12–2 |
Total: | 19–2 |
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

## References

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1. ^ "Walls Resigns As KC Coach". Kilgore News Herald. Kilgore, Texas. April 14, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved June 9, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .

## External links

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*   * Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Just Sports Stats
* Will Walls at Find a Grave

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Kilgore Rangers head football coaches

* Clyde Lee (1935–1941)
* Jimmy Parks (1942)
* No team (1943–1945)
* Jimmy Parks (1946)
* Will Walls (1947–1948)
* Woody Johnson (1949–1952)
* Jasper Flanakin (1953–1956)
* Solon Holt (1957)
* Cotton Bolton (1958–1959)
* Carl Ellis (1960–1963)
* Boyd Converse (1964–1966)
* Charles Simmons (1967–1975)
* Jim Miller (1976–1991)
* Marion Turner (1992–1996)
* Scott Hale (1997–1999)
* Jimmy Rieves (2000–2006)
* J. J. Eckert (2007–2018)
* Willie Gooden (2019– )

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New York Giants 1938 NFL champions

* Charles Barnard
* Len Barnum
* Dale Burnett
* Pete Cole
* Frank Cope
* Ward Cuff
* Ed Danowski
* Johnny Dell Isola
* Nello Falaschi
* Stan Galazin
* Chuck Gelatka
* Johnny Gildea
* Jack Haden
* Ray Hanken
* Mel Hein (NFL MVP)
* Jim Lee Howell
* Larry Johnson
* Bull Karcis
* Tuffy Leemans
* Kayo Lunday
* Tilly Manton
* John Mellus
* Ox Parry
* Jim Poole
* Kink Richards
* Leland Shaffer
* Hank Soar
* Orville Tuttle
* Will Walls
* Tarzan White
* Ed Widseth
* Hugh Wolfe

Head coach: Steve Owen

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