Roy Williams (Australian footballer, born 1907)

Roy Williams (25 October 1907 – 16 August 1979) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Roy Williams
Personal information
Full name Roy Williams
Date of birth (1907-10-25)25 October 1907
Date of death 16 August 1979(1979-08-16) (aged 71)
Original team(s) Gardiner, Camberwell
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930 Footscray 9 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Williams played with Camberwell in 1928 and 1929, then played nine games with Footscray in 1930, before returning to Camberwell in 1931. Williams was made Captain in 1934 and also won Camberwell's best and fairest 1934 too. He was third in the 1934 VFA Medal, with 22 votes. Runner-up best and fairest 1935. Captain 1937. Fifth in the VFA Medal in 1937 with 21 votes. Williams represented the VFA 1936. 133 games 1928-37.

Williams then coached Camberwell Seconds in 1944 and was non-playing coach of Camberwell Firsts in 1948 and 1949.

He was made a member of the Camberwell FC - Team of Century on the Half Forward Flank in 2003.

Brother of former Hawthorn footballer, Lyall Williams.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 957. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Cheer, Cheer on Our Camberwell - Cobras - Part One". Boyles Football Photos. Retrieved 21 November 2020.


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