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Bill Austin (c. 1937 – 2015) was an American college football and college lacrosse player. He played as a back for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 1956 to 1958 and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1958 All-America Team. He finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1958, and he rushed for 2,073 yards and scored 204 points during his college football career at Rutgers. Austin also played lacrosse at Rutgers, earning honorable mention All-American accolades in 1958 and 1959. He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the 28th round (329th overall) of the 1959 NFL draft.

A resident of Camarillo, California who spent most of his professional career as an executive of a number of bicycle manufacturers, Austin grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey and played football at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, graduating in 1955.

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1. "Rutgers football, lax great Bill Austin dies at age 78". APP. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
2. "Iowa's Randy Duncan Heads AP's All-American Team". Salisbury Times. Salisbury, Maryland.
3. "Randy Hawkins Heads A.P. All-America Team". Reading Eagle. December 4, 1958. p. 34.
4. "1958 Heisman Trophy Voting".
5. "Rutgers Football All-Americans". Rutgers University. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
6. "1959 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
7. O'Gorman, George. "Rutgers' Bill Austin to be honored by NJ Sportswriters", The Trentonian, January 24, 2011. Accessed October 1, 2015. "Now 74 years old and living in Camarillo, Calif. Austin is still a football legend in New Jersey, and especially on the banks of the Raritan.... Austin, a Fanwood native who earned high school stardom at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High, earned All-American honors in two sports at Rutgers as a senior."
8. Staff. "New inductees to Scotch Plains-Fanwood H.S. Hall of Fame", Suburban News, October 9, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2015. "Slated for induction are: William Austin. Class of 1955. Bill is in the Rutgers Hall of Fame as an All-American football player, who was drafted by the Washington Redskins."

• 1937 births
• 2015 deaths
• American football fullbacks
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's lacrosse players
• Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School alumni
• People from Camarillo, California
• People from Fanwood, New Jersey
• Players of American football from Union County, New Jersey
• Players of American football from Ventura County, California
• Lacrosse players from New Jersey