height_ft weight_lbs finalyear death_date death_place birth_place debutyear article_title position finalteam birth_date height_in pfr college debutteam name
6 226 1921 1 january 1948 birmingham , alabama athens , alabama 1921 pryor williams
 guard/center detroit tigers 26 december 1893 1 willpr20.htm auburn , vanderbilt detroit tigers pryor williams
pryor williams

pryor allen `` pigiron '' williams -lrb- december 26 , 1893 - january 1 , 1948 -rrb- , was an american football player who played one season in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- with the 1921 detroit tigers .
he was the first alabama native to play in the nfl .
he played college football at auburn university and vanderbilt university .
while at vanderbilt , williams was elected for an all-southern team in each of 1915 and 1916 .
both years his teams had strong records in the south , including a 9 -- 1 record and siaa championship in 1915 , outscoring opponents 514 to 41 .
that `` point-a-minute '' team was led by rabbit curry at the quarterback position , and on the line were anchored by josh cody and russ cohen along with the guard williams .
red floyd was in the backfield .
williams studied dentistry at vanderbilt , and after retiring from football , he was a dentist in birmingham , alabama .
he died from a heart attack at his home in birmingham in 1948 .
he was nominated though not selected for an `` associated press '' all-time southeast 1869-1919 era team .
