Billy Edson, football player, lawyer, and politician, played football while getting his law degree, and participated in the University of Iowa's Big Ten Conference, the oldest Division I athletic conference un the United States.
Willis Charles "Billy" Edson (September 25, 1874 in Wilton, Illinois  March 5, 1965) was a football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa. Edson attended law school at the University of Iowa, earning his law degree in 1901. Edson starred on two undefeated Hawkeye teams in 1899 and 1900. He was a halfback on the University of Iowa's Big Ten championship team in 1900 and was the Speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1925-1926. The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. 
