Jesse Williams (Canadian football)

Jesse Williams
Date of birth (1940-11-17)November 17, 1940
Place of birth Corcoran, California
Date of death September 17, 2015(2015-09-17) (aged 74)
Place of death Tulare, California
Career information
CFL status International
Position(s) LB
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 243 lb (110 kg)
College Fresno State
Career history
As player
1964–1965 BC Lions
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1964)

Jesse Ross "J. R." Williams (November 17, 1940 – September 17, 2015) was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1964.[1] He played college football at Fresno State University and Bakersfield College. Williams was inducted into the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. After his football career he was a football coach, coaching at Arvin High School and Highland High School in Bakersfield.[2] He died in 2015.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=willijes001
  2. ↑ http://kcsportshalloffame.org/inductees/jr-williams/
  3. ↑ The Corcoran Journal - Jesse Ross "J.R." Williams


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