Bill Austin

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Bill Austin
Candid black and white chest-up photograph of Austin wearing a white Redskins polo-style shirt
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-10-18)October 18, 1928
Place of birth San Pedro, California
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Place of death Las Vegas, Nevada
Career information
Position(s) Offensive lineman
College Oregon State
NFL Draft 1949 / Round 13 / Pick 126
Career highlights
Pro Bowls 1
Championships won As a player:
  1956 NFL champions
As an assistant coach:
  1961 NFL champions
  1962 NFL champions
Honors Oregon Sports Hall of Fame inductee (1982)
Head coaching record
Regular season 17–36–3 (.330)
Stats
Playing stats NFL.com
Coaching stats (NFL) Pro Football Reference
Team(s) as a player
19491957 New York Giants
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1958 Wichita State (assistant)
19591964 Green Bay Packers (OL)
1965 Los Angeles Rams (OL)
19661968 Pittsburgh Steelers (head coach)
1969 Washington Redskins (OL)
1970 Washington Redskins (head coach)
1971 Chicago Bears (OL)
1972 St. Louis Cardinals (OL/RB)
19731977 Washington Redskins (OL)
19791982 New York Giants (OL)
19831984 New Jersey Generals (OC/OL)
1985 New York Jets (OL)

William Lee Austin (October 18, 1928 – May 22, 2013) was an 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 to 1968 and the Washington Redskins in 1970. He died on May 24, 2013 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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. He died at his home in Las Vegas in 2013.[2]

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