Keith Williams (Australian footballer)

Keith Williams
Personal information
Full name Keith Williams
Date of birth 27 May 1926
Date of death 19 October 2004(2004-10-19) (aged 78)
Original team(s) Corowa[1]
Height/Weight 187 cm / 93 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948 Fitzroy 18 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1948 season.

Keith Williams (27 May 1926 – 19 October 2004)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Williams was signed by Fitzroy in 1947, while he was completing a Morris Medal winning season with Corowa in the Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL). He didn't join the club until 1948 and the follower was a regular member of the team that year, missing only the final round.[3]

He returned to the OMFL in 1949 as a playing coach, but at a new club, Rutherglen. In 1952 he announced his intention to resume his VFL career at Fitzroy but never made the move to Melbourne due to business commitments.[4]

His grandson is John Longmire, former North Melbourne full-forward and Sydney Swans senior coach.[5]

References

  1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. "Keith Williams - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. AFL Tables: Keith Williams
  4. The Argus,"Fitzroy Loss Offset", 21 March 1952, p. 8
  5. Sydney Morning Herald,"Mum inspires Longmire", 27 March 2011, David Sygall.
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