Percy Williams (Australian rugby league player)
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Full name | Percy Edmund Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia | 22 August 1910||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 July 1996 Ramsgate, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percy Edmund Williams (1910-1996) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
Playing career[]
A Souths junior, Williams became a long serving and valuable member of the South Sydney club in the 1930s. He played seven seasons with South Sydney between 1931-1938 and also captained the club during the mid 1930s.
Williams was a dual premiership winner with Souths, playing halfback in the 1931 and 1932 Grand Final teams.
Williams represented New South Wales on 15 occasions between 1932-1938 and was selected on the 1937-38 Kangaroo Tour, playing in two tests against England and two tests against New Zealand. He finished his career at Newtown, playing two seasons (1940-1941) and was Captain-Coach in 1941. Later, he coached St George Dragons in 1945 and Eastern Suburbs in 1948.[2]
Death[]
Williams died on 10 July 1996, 43 days short of his 86th birthday.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Percy Williams - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995. (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ St George & Sutherland Shire Leader: Death Notice 18/7/1996
- 1910 births
- 1996 deaths
- Australia national rugby league team players
- City New South Wales rugby league team players
- Country New South Wales rugby league team players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Newtown Jets coaches
- Newtown Jets players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- South Sydney Rabbitohs players
- St. George Dragons coaches
- Australian rugby league biography stubs