James ''Froggy'' Williams Archives - IdealCapper https://idealcapper.com/tag/james-froggy-williams Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:16:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1949 Rice All-America star end Froggy Williams dead at 87 https://idealcapper.com/cfb/1949-rice-all-america-star-end-froggy-williams-dead-at-87-5750.html Thu, 25 Jun 2015 03:15:26 +0000 http://sportsbooks.ro/cfb/1949-rice-all-america-star-end-froggy-williams-dead-at-87.html HOUSTON (AP) – James ”Froggy” Williams, a 1949 All-America end on Rice’s 1949 Southwest Conference football championship squad, had died. He was 87. A family statement Wednesday says Williams died Tuesday at his Houston home surrounded by loved ones. The Waco native led the Owls to a Cotton Bowl win over North Carolina, ending his […]

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]]> HOUSTON (AP) – James ”Froggy” Williams, a 1949 All-America end on Rice’s 1949 Southwest Conference football championship squad, had died. He was 87.

A family statement Wednesday says Williams died Tuesday at his Houston home surrounded by loved ones.

The Waco native led the Owls to a Cotton Bowl win over North Carolina, ending his career with 156 points that stood as a school record for 40 years. His 75 career extra points remained the school record until 1998.

Williams was a consensus first-team All-American at end that 10-win season when Rice finished fifth in The Associated Press poll. That season cultivated such interest that then-proposed Rice Stadium was expanded to 70,000 seats.

The funeral is Saturday in Houston with burial in Waco.

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