Bill Grinus

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Short description|American football player (1911–1983)}}

{{Infobox college football player

|school=Virginia Tech Hokies

|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|02|25|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Virginia

|death_date={{Death date and age|1983|03|28|1911|02|25}}

|death_place=Martinsville, Virginia

|currentposition=Tackle

|pastschools=VPI (1930–1932)

|highlights=

• All-Southern (1932)

}}

William Grinus (February 25, 1911 – March 28, 1983) was a college football player. He was a prominent tackle for VPI from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team, a season in which he was selected All-Southern.{{Cite news |last=W. A. Alexander |author-link=William Alexander (coach) |date=December 13, 1932 |title=All-Southern Grid Team Picked By Bill Alexander |page=19 |work=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3268099/oakland_tribune/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=September 21, 2015}} {{Open access}} In that season's upset of Georgia, Grinus blocked the tying extra point.{{Cite book |title=Always a Hokie |isbn = 9781617495625|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlD17HgJ6eYC&pg=PT20|last1 = Schlabach|first1 = Mark|last2 = Wood|first2 = Norm|last3 = Glier|first3 = Ray|date = August 2011}} He notably rescued a squirrel.{{Cite web |title=Notes on my life at Virginia Tech by Harvey E. Sheppard |url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/students/sheppard.htm}}