:Billy Dewell

{{Short description|American football player (1917–2000)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Billy Dewell

| image = Billy Dewell 1947.jpg

| caption = Dewell, circa 1947

| number = 7, 41

| position = End

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|1|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Concordia, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|1|19|1917|1|2|mf=y}}

| death_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 208

| high_school = Dodge City (KS)

| college = SMU

| draftyear = 1939

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 29

| pastteams = * Chicago Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1940|1941}}, {{NFL Year|1945|1949}})

| highlights = * NFL champion (1947)

• First-team All-SWC (1938)
• Second-team All-SWC (1936)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 177

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 2,657

| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 17

| pfr = DeweBi20

}}

William Austin Dewell (January 2, 1917 – January 19, 2000) was an American football player. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1939 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1939 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1939/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played professionally with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DeweBi20.htm | title=Billy Dewell | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=pro-football-reference.com | access-date=August 22, 2014}} He served in World War II for the United States Navy before rejoining the Cardinals in 1945.{{cite web |title=WW II Honor Roll |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/connect/ww-ii-honor-roll/ |website=ProFootballHOF.com |access-date=September 19, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Billy Dewell |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerd/dewe00400.html |website=ProFootballArchives.com |access-date=September 19, 2019}}