Bill Folk

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1927–1976)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| position = Defence

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|11}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|4|21|1927|7|11}}

| death_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| career_start = 1947

| career_end = 1966

}}

William Joseph Folk (July 11, 1927 – April 21, 1976) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 12 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1951–52 and 1952–53 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1947 to 1966, was spent in the minor leagues.

He died after a long illness in 1976, at the age of 48.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vjJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hj4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4335%2C1812163|title=Hockey coach dies|date=April 23, 1976|work=The Leader-Post|location=Regina, Saskatchewan|accessdate=July 22, 2022}}