Fos Williams

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Foster Neil "Fos" Williams (born February 21, 1922, died September 1, 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the father of Mark Williams, the current coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League, as well as Stephen Williams, a past coach and player of the Magpies.

He began his league career in 1946, aged 24 at West Adelaide Football Club. He started as captain-coach at Port Adelaide in 1950.

In his first year at Port he won the club's best and fairest award, and from 1946-1959 Port won seven premierships, including a national record of six in a row.

Fos has a number of honours in his name, such as the Fos Williams Medal is awarded to South Australia's best player in a State of Origin game, and one of the grandstands at Alberton oval named the 'Fos Williams Stand'.

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  • Games: 239 (Port Adelaide 151, West Adelaide 54 and South Australia 34)
  • Coach: 1950-58, 1962-73
  • Premierships: 9
  • State representative: 34
  • State captain: 5 years
  • Goals: 412 (Port Adelaide 240, West Adelaide 112 and South Australia 60)

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