John Williams (tackle)
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John McKay Williams was a National Football League
offensive lineman from 1968 through 1979. During that span he appeared in three Super Bowl
s: Super Bowl III
and Super Bowl V
for the Baltimore Colts
; and Super Bowl XIV
for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football
at the University of Minnesota
where he twice earned All American honors.
John is the father of three sons and a practicing dentist in North Minneapolis, Minnesota. He serves as a commissioner for MSP Airport, leads a prison ministry team and is currently serving as the President of the American Odontological Forensics Society of America. He continues his civic engagement with the University of Minnesota and the larger community on many fronts including economic development and won the Minneapolis Volunteer of the Year award in 1992. During his free time Williams flies small planes for fun.
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
offensive lineman from 1968 through 1979. During that span he appeared in three Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
s: Super Bowl III
Super Bowl III
Super Bowl III was the third AFL-NFL Championship Game in professional American football, but the first to officially bear the name "Super Bowl". This game is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in sports history...
and Super Bowl V
Super Bowl V
Super Bowl V was an American football game played on January 17, 1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1970 regular season...
for the Baltimore Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
; and Super Bowl XIV
Super Bowl XIV
Super Bowl XIV was an American football game played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1979 regular season...
for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
where he twice earned All American honors.
John is the father of three sons and a practicing dentist in North Minneapolis, Minnesota. He serves as a commissioner for MSP Airport, leads a prison ministry team and is currently serving as the President of the American Odontological Forensics Society of America. He continues his civic engagement with the University of Minnesota and the larger community on many fronts including economic development and won the Minneapolis Volunteer of the Year award in 1992. During his free time Williams flies small planes for fun.