Sid Williams (rugby league)
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sid Williams is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.
Playing career[]
Williams played five seasons with Balmain between 1966-1970. He is remembered as the replacement for George Reubner in the 1969 Grand Final, and scored the try that won the match for the Balmain club over South Sydney 11-2. Williams shifted to Eastern Suburbs for one season in 1971 before retiring. [1][2] Sid was a popular member of staff at Sydney Council Council, now known as Ausgrid, and was portrayed as a character, a Media and Communications Advisor, in the Netflix Series Rake starring Richard Roxsburgh.
References[]
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters.
Categories:
- Balmain Tigers players
- Sydney Roosters players
- Australian rugby league players
- Living people
- Rugby league wingers
- Australian rugby league biography stubs