Bill Lapham, American football player, Died at 82

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William Gaius Lapham was born on February 2, 1934, and died on November 8, 2016.

He was an American football center.

Bil played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings.

Lapham was drafted by the Eagles in the fourteenth round of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Lapham was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1960 American Football League draft as well as by the Vikings in the 1961 NFL expansion draft.

He had first enrolled at Drake University before transferring to the University of Iowa.

Bill Lapham attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bill Lapham died in Des Moines.

Bill Lapham passed away at 82 years old.