While earning his law degree, Billy Edson participated in University of Iowa's Big Ten Conference, the oldest Division I athletic conference in the United States; his career included football, politics, and law.
Willis Charles "Billy" Edson (September 25, 1874 in Wilton, Illinois  March 5, 1965) was a football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa. At the end of the season, Iowa was admitted into the Big Ten Conference, beginning in 1900. 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. Edson attended law school at the University of Iowa, earning his law degree in 1901. 
