Billy Wilson (running back)

{{Short description|American football player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|name=Billy Wilson

|currentposition=Halfback, end

|school=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

|birth_place=Hampton, Georgia

|weight_lb=160

|height_ft=5

|height_in=3

|pastschools=Georgia Tech (1904–1905)

|highlights=

• All-Southern (1904)

}}

W. "Billy" Wilson was a college football player. He was a prominent running back and end for coach John Heisman's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3134309/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Tech's Fine Offense Ties Clemson Game|date=November 6, 1904|page=5|accessdate=September 1, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3134294/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=Atlanta Constitution|page=5|date=October 9, 1904|title=Techs Crush Florida Team|accessdate=September 1, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} selected All-Southern in 1904.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gs7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA161|page=161|journal=The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide|title=Football in the South|last1=Association|first1=National Collegiate Athletic|year=1904}} He was captain-elect of 1906.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3134258/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Billy Wilson Made Captain|page=1|date=December 10, 1905|accessdate=September 1, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}