Bill Wallace

Bill Wallace (July 21, 1912 – May 17, 1993) was an American football halfback at Rice Institute in 1932, 1934, and 1935. He was a first-team All-American in 1934 and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame. Early years Wallace was born in 1912 in El Campo, Texas. He attended Eagle Lake High School in Eagle Lake, Texas. He competed in both track and football at Eagle Lake and was later inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame. Rice Institute Wallace then enrolled at Rice Institute (now Rice University) where he competed in football as a halfback and in track as a sprinter and hurdler. He won the Southwest Conference championship in the 222-yard low hurdles and lost the event at the nationals to Jesse Owens and Glenn Hardin. In football, Wallace played on both offense and defense. As a sophomore, Wallace starred at halfback for the 1932 Rice Owls football team. In February 1933, he was suspended along with seven other Rice football players on charges of violating school rules in connection with midyear examinations.