John Williams (rugby union, born 1940)

John Williams

Birth name	John Lewis Williams
Date of birth	(1940-05-28)28 May 1940
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1]
School	Newington College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing[1] International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1963[1] Wallabies 3[1] (3[1])

John Lewis Williams[1] (born 1940) is a former Australian rugby union player who represented for the Wallabies three times.[2]

Early life

Williams was born on 28 May 1940[1] in Sydney and attended Newington College (1953–1958).[3] Post-school he became a member of the Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club backline as a winger. He played in the only Drummoyne Grand Final team in 1961 and then switched to Randwick.

Representative career

He played his test matches against South Africa in 1963 and "scored one of the most famous tries in international rugby" when he clinched the Australian victory 11–9 in Johannesburg.[2] Williams claimed a total of three international rugby caps for Australia.

References

1. "Scrum.com player profile of John Williams". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 697: Williams, John Lewis (1940 – )
3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 216