Marley Williams (born 22 July 1993) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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and the

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in the

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(AFL). He previously played for the

he was recruited by Collingwood in the 2012 Rookie Draft, with pick #35. Williams made his debut in Round 9,

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, against at

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. Following the retirement of Ben Johnson in 2013, at the beginning of 2014 Johnson presented Williams with his number 26 guernsey, reenacting Gavin Brown's presentation of the guernsey to Johnson in 2001. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was traded to North Melbourne. On 5 July Williams extended his contract with North Melbourne until the end of the 2020 season. Williams was delisted by at the end of the

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after a mass delisting by which saw 11 players cut from the team's list.

Personal life

In February 2014, Williams was convicted of

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for breaking a man's jaw outside a nightclub in

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. He was sentenced in April 2014 and was given a suspended sentence.

Statistics

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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References

http://www.nmfc.com.au/player-profile/marley-williams http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2017-07-05/williams-extends-contract

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Marley 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Albany, Western Australia Australian rules footballers from Western Australia North Albany Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club players Australian people of Māori descent 21st-century Australian sportsmen