Bob Williams

January 2, 1930 – Cumberland, Maryland – Bobby Williams, the fine quarterback from the University of Notre Dame, was born.

Williams was a two-time All-American who played in between a couple of Heisman Trophy winners; Johnny Lujacj and John Lattner.

Bob, a nineteen-year-old, according to the NFF, quarterbacked the 1949 Notre Dame team to ten straight victories, achieving a 56 percent completion rate and securing the national championship. Bobby’s best performance of the magical 1949 season came against Michigan State when he had a 50-yard punt that went out of bounds at the four, ran 40 yards for a touchdown on a bootleg, and went 13 of 16 on some timely passing!

Bob was selected in the NFL Draft to play for George Halas and his Chicago Bears.

Bob Williams was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame by Football Foundation voters in 1988.