Monk Edwards

Bill Edwards
No. 60, 66
Position:	Center, guard, tackle
Personal information
Born:	July 9, 1920; Ireland, Texas, U.S.
Died:	May 19, 2009 (aged 88)
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:	Beaumont (Beaumont, Texas)
College:	Baylor
NFL draft:	1940 / round: 18 / pick: 170
Career history
	New York Giants (1940–1942, 1946);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL 1940s All-Decade Team;
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

William Bennett "Monk" Edwards (July 19, 1920 – May 19, 2009^[1]) was an American football lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He played college football at Baylor University as a fullback from 1936 to 1939 and was selected in the 18th round of the 1940 NFL draft.^[2]

Career

Monk became a lawyer and served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation during World War II.^[3]^[4] He worked in the legal department for Gulf Oil from 1946 until he retired in 1976.

^ "Edwards, William B. "Monk" Obituary". Houston Chronicle. May 24, 2009. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2010. Alt URL
^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^ "'On Guard'", Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Texas, volume 48, number 222, December 13, 1946, page 10.
^ Vaughn, Doug, "On The Rebound", The Windsor Daily Star, Windsor, Ontario, volume 57, number 70, November 23, 1946, page 3.
^ "Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com - Athletics". www.baylorbears.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.

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