Please answer the following question: Facts: - finalyear: 1983 - statlabel: games played - started interceptions touchdowns - draftyear: 1977 - number: 21 , 44 , 43 - position: cornerback - statvalue: 93 - 37 4 1 - college: new mexico state university - draftpick: 42 - birth date: 10 july 1954 - draftround: 2 - name: walt williams - nfl: wil558963 - birth place: bedford hills , new york - debutyear: 1977 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of walt williams -lrb- cornerback -rrb- .
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walter williams -lrb- born july 10 , 1954 in bedford hills , new york -rrb- is a former professional american football cornerback in the national football league and restaurateur .born in the south bronx , n.y. , williams -lrb- and his five siblings -rrb- became wards of the state at age 7 .he lived in two children 's shelters , spending most of his time at one in westchester county , learning culinary arts and playing football .after high school , he started hitchhiking to california but ended up in new mexico .he attended new mexico state university in las cruces , where he played football .he was a no. 1 draft pick for the detroit lions in the 1970s .he moved on to the minnesota vikings and chicago bears , playing a total of eight years .he played seven seasons for the detroit lions , the minnesota vikings , and the chicago bears .after retiring from football in the early 1980s , williams started a real estate development company in new mexico .then the savings and loan crisis wiped out about 90 percent of his holdings , he said .he moved to dallas , starting sweet georgia brown in a boarded-up former burger king on ledbetter drive because he thought a restaurant would provide steady cash flow .the restaurant has grown from eight employees to 20 today .