Billy Ard

{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Billy Ard

| number = 67

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|03|12}}

| birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 265

| high_school = Watchung Hills Regional
(Warren Township, New Jersey)

| college = Wake Forest

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 8

| draftpick = 221

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1981|1988}})
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1989|1991}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXI)
• PFWA All-Rookie Team (1981)
• First-team All-ACC (1980)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 148

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 123

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 4

| pfr = A/ArdxBi20

}}

William Donovan Ard (born March 12, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Wake Forest University and was selected in the eighth round of the 1981 NFL draft. He won the Super Bowl with the Giants in 1987.

Ard grew up in Watchung, New Jersey, where he attended Watchung Hills Regional High School. He lives in Watchung, New Jersey and works as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley. Bill's other son, Brendan, broke records at his sport of choice, wrestling.Litsky, Frank. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DC1739F931A25750C0A966958260 "SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS: FOOTBALL; Happy Packer"], The New York Times, March 12, 1990. Accessed June 30, 2008. "From 1981 through 1988, Ard was a starting guard for the Giants. He was a New Jerseyan through and through. He was raised in Watchung, he lives in Watchung and in the off season he is a stockbroker in Westfield. Billy has 5 kids. Billy's son has had great success in wrestling- as he is the New Jersey State Champion at 171lbs in 2008."{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090104135241/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ARDBIL01 Billy Ard]}}, database Football. Accessed June 30, 2008.