| Ed Withers | |
| Position: | Defensive back |
| Birth Date: | August 28, 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Date: | April 17, 1975 (age 48) |
| Death Place: | Tomah, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| High School: | Madison (WI) Central |
| College: | Wisconsin |
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Edward J. Withers (August 28, 1926 – April 17, 1975) was an American football player. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and moved to Madison, Wisconsin when he was a boy. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. He was one of the first African-Americans to be a regular starter for the Badgers, playing at the defensive back position. He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team defensive player on their 1950 College Football All-America Team.[1] [2] [3] Withers later worked as a teacher and coach at Roosevelt and North Division High Schools in Milwaukee and subsequently as an insurance salesman.[4] He died in Tomah, Wisconsin, in 1975 at age 48.[5]