Brad Williamson (basketball)

Brad Williamson (born 27 June 1981) is an Australian professional basketball player who is most known for his time spent in the National Basketball League (NBL) playing for the Brisbane Bullets and Townsville Crocodiles.[1] In 2007, he won an NBL Championship with the Bullets.[2]

Brad Williamson
Personal information
Born (1981-06-27) 27 June 1981
Brisbane, Queensland
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career1998–present
PositionSmall forward / Shooting guard
Career history
2003–2008Brisbane Bullets
2008–2011Townsville Crocodiles
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL champion (2007)
  • 4× QBL champion (2005, 2006, 2013, 2014)
  • ABA steals leader (2003)
  • QABL Southern Cross Conference MVP (2003)
  • QABL All-Star Five (2003)

Williamson's first senior season came in 1998 playing for the Maroochydore Clippers of the QABL, and continued to play for them until 2003, winning club MVP from 1999–2003.[3] With the Clippers, he won the inaugural Southern Cross Division title in 1999, was the ABA's steals leader with 4.13 per game in 2003,[4] and earned co-MVP and Co-Youth Player of the year honours in 2003.[5] In 2004, he moved to the Brisbane Capitals. Then from 2005 to 2008, he played for the Southern Districts Spartans (now known as the Brisbane Spartans). In 2010, he played for the Caboolture Suns. In 2011, he played for the Ipswich Force. Then in 2012 and 2013, he played for the Rockhampton Rockets, and with a potent starting line up of Stephen Weigh, Michael Kingma, Justin Watts, Mitch Philp and himself, the Rockets won the 2013 QBL Championship.[6] In 2014, he returned to Rockhampton where he won his second QBL Championship in two years.[7] He again played for Rockhampton in 2015 and averaged 15.3 points in 17 games.[8] After a season away from the QBL in 2016, Williamson joined the Sunshine Coast Phoenix for the 2017 season.[9]

References
  1. Peut, Natalie (10 June 2009). "Brad on board for Crocs". TownsvilleBulletin.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. Monteverde, Marco (25 September 2008). "Former comrades to take aim". FoxSports.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. Maroochydore Clippers Basketball Senior Rep Players - Men's Stats from 1986
  4. QABL Players win ABA National Statistical Awards
  5. Award Winners
  6. Rockampton Rockets beat Brisbane to win the QBL Championship
  7. Rockhampton Rockets claim back to back QBL championships
  8. Player statistics for Brad Williamson
  9. Guide to the 2017 QBL Men's season
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