{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Short description|American football player (1911–1983)}} {{Infobox college football player |birth_date={{Birth date|1911|02|25|mf=y}} |birth_place=Virginia, US |death_date={{Death date and age|1983|03|28|1911|02|25}} |death_place=Martinsville, Virginia, US |currentposition=Tackle |pastschools=VPI (1930–1932) |highlights= *All-Southern (1932) }} '''William Grinus''' (February 25, 1911 – March 28, 1983) was a college football player. He was a prominent tackle for VPI from 1930 to 1932, captain of the 1932 team, a season in which he was selected All-Southern.<ref>{{Cite news |last=W. A. Alexander |author-link=William Alexander (coach) |date=December 13, 1932 |title=All-Southern Grid Team Picked By Bill Alexander |page=19 |work=Oakland Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3268099/oakland_tribune/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=September 21, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> In that season's upset of Georgia, Grinus blocked the tying extra point.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Always a Hokie |isbn = 9781617495625|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlD17HgJ6eYC&pg=PT20|last1 = Schlabach|first1 = Mark|last2 = Wood|first2 = Norm|last3 = Glier|first3 = Ray|date = August 2011 | publisher=Triumph Books }}</ref> He notably rescued a squirrel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notes on my life at Virginia Tech by Harvey E. Sheppard |url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/students/sheppard.htm}}</ref>
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