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| Born: | January 23, 1884 North Dakota, U.S. |
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| Died: | June 15, 1965 (aged 81) Prescott, Arizona, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Fullback, end, tackle |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 172 lb (78 kg) |
| College | Carlisle |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1904–1907 | Carlisle |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  U.S. Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
| Battles / wars | World War I: Western Front |
William Jennings Gardner (January 23, 1884 – June 15, 1965) was an American football player, coach, and law-enforcement agent. While working as a Prohibition agent in Chicago, Illinois, Gardner served with Eliot Ness's "Untouchables," a group of hand-picked federal agents who, from 1930 to 1932, sought to put an end to Al Capone's illegal empire. Although Gardner was only involved with the group for a short period of time, he would be prominently mentioned in Ness's memoir of the investigation, The Untouchables, and inspire a recurring character in the 1959 television series based upon that book.[1]: 317, 319–321, 326, 328–329 [2][3]: 16, 98–99
- ^ Collins, Max Allan; Schwartz, A. Brad (2018). Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago (1st ed.). New York: William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-06-244194-2.
- ^ Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, The Untouchables, (New York: Julian Messner, 1957).
- ^ Tucker, Kenneth (2012). Eliot Ness and the Untouchables: The Historical Reality and the Film and Television Depictions (2nd ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-449965.