Richard Williams (Australian rules footballer)

Richard Leslie Williams (6 May 1905 – 24 August 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Richard Williams
Personal information
Full name Richard Leslie Williams
Date of birth (1905-05-06)6 May 1905
Place of birth Kaniva, Victoria
Date of death 24 August 1958(1958-08-24) (aged 53)
Place of death El Paso, Texas
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929 Hawthorn 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He played a single game for Hawthorn in 1929, playing in the same side as his brother Lyall Williams.[2] Both brothers were ministers in the Church of Christ, and Richard's ministry took him to the United States, where he died in 1958.[3]

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. "CLUB CHATTER". The Age (23, 182). Victoria, Australia. 26 July 1929. p. 6.
  3. "Rev Richard Leslie Williams". Find a Grave.
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