Keith Williams (Australian Footballer)
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Keith Williams (27 May 1926 – 19 October 2004) was an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL). Williams originally played for the
Rutherglen Football Club The Rutherglen Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club playing its home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia. The current Rutherglen FNC was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League side ...
in the Murray Valley Patriotic Football League in 1944 and then played for the Border United Football Club and tied for the club Best & Fairest award in 1945. Williams continued to play for the Border United FC when they entered the
Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (OMFNL or O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales ...
(O&MFL) in 1946. Williams was signed by Fitzroy in 1947, the year he won the
Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (OMFNL or O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales ...
(O&MFL) Morris Medal with the Border United Football Club (
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). He joined Fitzroy in 1948 and the follower was a regular member of the team that year, playing 18 consecutive games, missing only the final round.AFL Tables: Keith Williams
/ref> He returned to the O&MFL in 1949 as a playing coach of
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and coached them from 1949 to 1951. Essendon's
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took over from Williams in 1952 as coach of Rutherglen. In 1952 he considered resuming his VFL career at Fitzroy but never made the move to Melbourne due to farming / business commitments. Williams played in Rutherglen's losing 1952 O&MFL grand final side. In 1953, Williams was captain / coach of the
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seniors and continued to play for Corowa until the late 1950s. His grandson is
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, former
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full-forward and
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senior coach.''
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1950 - Photo of Keith Williams1953 - Corowa FC team photo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Keith 1926 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Fitzroy Football Club players Corowa Football Club players Rutherglen Football Club players Rutherglen Football Club coaches 2004 deaths