Wal Williams
Personal information
Full name Walter George Williams
Date of birth (1904-01-21)21 January 1904
Place of birth Scoresby, Victoria
Date of death 21 August 1982(1982-08-21) (aged 78)
Place of death Albury, New South Wales
Original team(s) Box Hill
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–1927 Hawthorn 17 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Walter George "Wal" Williams (21 January 1904 – 21 August 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of George James Williams (1867–1956) and Marian Williams (1871–1961), nee Lording, Walter George Williams was born in Scoresby, Victoria in January 1904.

Football

Williams commenced his football career at Box Hill. When Hawthorn joined the VFL for the 1925 VFL season, Williams was recruited to the club.[2] He made his debut in round 2 and played four games before being suspended for the rest of the season for abusing an umpire.[3] He played regularly in 1926 and the first game of 1927 before being dropped from the team.

Later life

In December 1927 Walter Williams married Mary McPherson Crombie and they lived in Myrtleford before moving to Albury, where they lived until Williams' death in 1982.

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ↑ "ST. KILDA STRIKES FORM". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 May 1925. p. 17.
  3. ↑ "PLAYER DISQUALIFIED". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 June 1925. p. 5.
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