Billy Cox
Football
Inducted: 1989
- Born in 1929, raised in Mount Airy, NC
- Led Mount Airy to the 1946 state football title
- Attended Duke, where he was a standout back
- Named All-American in 1950
- Captain and MVP of 1950 Duke team
- Compiled 3,710 yards career total offense
- Second in the nation in total offense in 1950, with 1,995 yards
- Played three seasons for the NFL’s Washington Redskins before retiring to career in federal government
