Bill Briggs

Q: When did Bill Briggs die?

Bill Briggs died on April 19, 2000.

Q: How old was Bill Briggs when they died?

Bill Briggs was 75 years old at the time of death.

William Thomas Briggs (April 6, 1925 – April 19, 2000) was a Canadian professional football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts. He won the Grey Cup with the Argos in 1947 (35th) before moving to Edmonton, where he had three more Grey Cup wins in 1954 (42nd), 1955 (43rd), and 1956 (44th).

Briggs was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is often confused with another football player, William John Brigg, who played for the University of Iowa.

After retiring from football, Bill pursued several careers, among them a salesman for McLaren Electronics, a master electrician and a minister with the United Church. He held the position of assistant minister at St. Andrews Wesley Church in Vancouver, British Columbia for several years. He died at a hospice in Penticton, British Columbia in 2000.

Briggs was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007, as a member of the 1954-56 Edmonton Eskimos teams.