Keith Williams (Australian footballer)

Keith Williams
Personal information
Full name Keith Williams
Date of birth 27 May 1926
Original team Corowa[1]
Height/Weight 187 cm / 93 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948 Fitzroy 18 (12)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1948 season .

Keith Williams (born 27 May 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Williams was signed by Fitzroy in 1947, while he was completing a Morris Medal winning season with Corowa in the Ovens & Murray Football League (OMFL). He didn't join the club until 1948 and the follower was a regular member of the team that year, missing only the final round.[2]

He returned to the OMFL in 1949 as a playing coach, but at a new club, Rutherglen. In 1952 he announced his intention to resume his VFL career at Fitzroy but never made the move to Melbourne due to business commitments.[3]

His grandson is John Longmire, former North Melbourne full-forward and Sydney Swans senior coach.[4]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 
  2. ^ AFL Tables: Keith Williams
  3. ^ The Argus,"Fitzroy Loss Offset", 21 March 1952, p. 8
  4. ^ Sydney Morning Herald,"Mum inspires Longmire", 27 March 2011, David Sygall.