Geoff Williams (footballer)

Geoffrey Howard Williams OAM (18 November 1930 – 20 July 2020) was an Australian rules footballer for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Geoff Williams
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-11-18)18 November 1930
Date of death 20 July 2020(2020-07-20) (aged 89)
Place of death Geelong
Original team(s) Warragul
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1959 Geelong 121 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A half-back flanker, he played in Geelong's 1952 premiership team and won the club's best and fairest award in 1952 and 1955.

He and his wife Joan had four children.[1] He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day honours for services "to Australian rules football, and to the community of Geelong".[2][3]

References
  1. Danny Lannen, "Cats legend with lifetime of goals", Geelong News, 27 January 2016, p. 4.
  2. "WILLIAMS, Geoffrey Howard". It's an honour. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. Spencer, Adam (22 July 2020). "Former cats star passes". bay93.9. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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