Doug Williams (Australian footballer)

Doug Williams
Personal information
Date of birth (1923-02-03)3 February 1923
Date of death 18 August 2014(2014-08-18) (aged 91)
Place of death Inverloch
Original team(s) Yallourn
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Position(s) Wing
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944–1951 Carlton 120 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Career highlights
  • 1945 premiership team
  • 1947 premiership team
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Doug Williams (3 February 1923 – 18 August 2014[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A wingman from Yallourn, Williams played in Carlton's 1945 and 1947 premierships winning teams.[2][3]

He captain-coached North Launceston in 1952.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ De Bolfo, Tony (19 August 2014). "Then there were two".
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ^ "Doug Williams". AFL Tables.
  4. ^ "Doug Williams". Blueseum.
  5. ^ "NEW COACH ARRIVES". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 27 February 1952. p. 16. Retrieved 20 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Returning To Mainland". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 18 September 1952. p. 13. Retrieved 20 August 2014 – via National Library of Australia.


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