Joe Williams (guard)

{{Short description|American football player (1896–1949)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| name = Joe Williams

| caption =

| position = Guard

| number = 23, 25

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|3|3}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_place = {{death date and age|1949|1|18|1896|3|3}}

| college = Lafayette

| teams =

• Canton Bulldogs ({{NFL Year|1923}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1925}}–{{NFL Year|1926}})

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1923)
• Second-team All-Pro (1926)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 30

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 22

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = WillJo21

}}

Joseph Alford Williams (March 3, 1896 – January 18, 1949) was an American football guard. He played college football for Lafayette before turning professional.{{cite news |title=Lafayette grid warriors prove amateur standing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117459932/lafayette-grid-warriors-prove-amateur/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The Tribune |date=3 December 1921 |page=18 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} He played for the Canton Bulldogs during the 1923 NFL season and helped the team to the NFL championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/will17800.html |title=Joe Williams - The Pro Football Archives |website=www.profootballarchives.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201184116/http://www.profootballarchives.com/will17800.html |archive-date=2014-02-01}}{{cite news |title=Williams will captain Scranton professionals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3815229/scranton-pros-1922-football/ |access-date=1 February 2023 |work=The Tribune |date=10 October 1922 |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}{{cite news |title=Canton Bulldogs, professional champs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53569336/altoona-tribune/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=Altoona Tribune |date=20 December 1923 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} In 1925, Williams signed with the newly founded New York Giants{{cite news |title=McGinley at tackle. Will aid N.Y. Giants |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117457292/mcginley-at-tackle-will-aid-ny-giants/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=Brooklyn Times Union |date=16 September 1925 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} where he went on to play for two seasons. Following the 1926 season, he was named second-team All-Pro by E.G. Brands of the Collyer's Eye sports journal.{{cite news |author1=E.G. Brands |title=National outclasses American in "pro" football selections |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117783041/national-outclasses-american-in-pro/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=Collyer's Eye |date=18 December 1926 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}

In 1926, he appeared in the film The Quarterback.{{cite news |title=Real grid stars help Richard Dix in Worries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117737322/real-grid-stars-help-richard-dix-in/ |access-date=1 February 2023 |work=The Times Leader |date=6 November 1926 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}