// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Ed Withers? Someone withers away without him.
 Withers from 1951 Badger | |
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Defensive back |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 28, 1926 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | April 17, 1975 (age 48) Tomah, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school | Madison (WI) Central |
| College | Wisconsin |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Edward J. Withers (August 28, 1926 – April 17, 1975) was an American football player. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and moved to Madison, Wisconsin when he was a boy. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. He was one of the first African-Americans to be a regular starter for the Badgers, playing at the defensive back position.[1] He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team defensive player on their 1950 College Football All-America Team.[2][3][4] Withers later worked as a teacher and coach at Roosevelt and North Division High Schools in Milwaukee and subsequently as an insurance salesman.[1] He died in Tomah, Wisconsin, in 1975 at age 48.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Celebrate UW's Black History: Ed Withers". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1220. ISBN 1401337031.
- ↑ Lawton Carver (November 27, 1950). "Youth Dominates INS All-America Teams". Lebanon Daily News.
- ↑ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. December 17, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ↑ Dates of birth and death (and place of death) taken from: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 [database on-line].