Bill Ward (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1921–1992)}}

{{Other people|William Ward|William Ward (disambiguation)}}

{{Other people|Bill Ward|Bill Ward (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bill Ward

| image = Bill Ward 1942.jpg

| caption = Ward, circa 1942

| number = 21

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|2|19}}

| birth_place = Sequim, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|12|3|1921|02|19}}

| death_place =

| high_school = Sequim (WA)

| college = Washington
Washington State

| pastteams = * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1946}}–{{NFL Year|1947}})

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1947}}–{{NFL Year|1949}})

| highlights = * First-team All-PCC (1943)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 44

| statlabel2 = Fumbles recovered

| statvalue2 = 5

| pfr = WardBi21

}}

William Clark Ward (February 19, 1921 – December 3, 1992) was an American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions. He attended the University of Washington and Washington State University.

He taught Traffic Safety for many years at Bellingham High School in Bellingham, Washington.