Bill Austin (c. 1937 – 2015)[1] was an American college football and college lacrosse player. He played as a back for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team from 1956 to 1958 and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1958 All-America Team.[2][3] He finished sixth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1958,[4] and he rushed for 2,073 yards and scored 204 points during his college football career at Rutgers.[5] Austin also played lacrosse at Rutgers, earning honorable mention All-American accolades in 1958 and 1959.

A resident of Camarillo, California who spent most of his professional career as an executive of a number of bicycle manufacturers, Austin grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey and played football at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, graduating in 1955.[6][7]

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