# Wal Williams

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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1904}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Wal Williams
| image = 
| fullname = Walter George Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|1|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Scoresby, Victoria](/source/Scoresby%2C_Victoria)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|8|23|1904|1|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [Albury](/source/Albury), New South Wales
| originalteam = [Box Hill](/source/Box_Hill_Football_Club)
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 75 kg
| position = Forward
| guernsey = 28
| statsend = 1927
| years1 = 1925–1927
| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}
| games_goals1 = 17 (7)
| careerhighlights = 
}}		

'''Walter George "Wal" Williams''' (21 January 1904 – 23 August 1982) was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Hawthorn](/source/Hawthorn_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)) (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}</ref>

==Family==
The son of George James Williams (1867–1956) and Marian Williams (1871–1961), nee Lording, Walter George Williams was born in [Scoresby, Victoria](/source/Scoresby%2C_Victoria) in January 1904.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Football==
Williams commenced his football career at [Box Hill](/source/Box_Hill_Football_Club). When Hawthorn joined the VFL for the [1925 VFL season](/source/1925_VFL_season), Williams was recruited to the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2115664 |title=ST. KILDA STRIKES FORM. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=11 May 1925 |page=17}}</ref> He made his debut in round 2 and played four games before being suspended for the rest of the season for abusing an umpire.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2123931 |title=PLAYER DISQUALIFIED. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=5 June 1925 |page=5}}</ref> 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](/source/Myrtleford) before moving to [Albury](/source/Albury), where they lived until Williams' death in 1982.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{AFL Tables|ref=W/Wal_Williams.html}}

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Category:1904 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Category:Box Hill Football Club players
Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:People from Scoresby, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

{{AFL-bio-1904-stub}}

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