Bill Briggs (defensive end)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1943)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bill Briggs

| image = Bill Briggs.png

| alt =

| caption = Briggs while with Iowa in 1966

| number = 86

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|25}}

| birth_place = Sanford, North Carolina, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 250

| high_school = Hackensack
(Hackensack, New Jersey)

| college = Iowa (1962–1965)

| draftyear = 1966

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 75

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1966}})*
• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1966}})*
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1966}}–{{NFL Year|1967}})
• Virginia Sailors (1968)

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (1965)

| pfr =

}}

William John Briggs (born December 25, 1943) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected in the fifth round of the 1966 NFL draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrigBi20.htm|title = Bill Briggs Stats|website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}}