| Mark Williams | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mark P. Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1964 | ||
| Original team | St Mark's | ||
| Height/Weight | 184 cm / 76 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1983–88 1989–90 Total - |
Carlton Footscray |
19 (10) 14 (13) 33 (23) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1990 season .
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Mark P. Williams (born 18 March 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Before starting his VFL career, Williams played at Fawkner and then St Mark's, where he was recruited from. A small forward, he never made more than five appearances in a season for Carlton. He spent most of his time in the reserves and was a member of their 1986 and 1987 reserves premiership teams.[1]
Williams, whose father John also played with Carlton, was let go by his club and picked up by Footscray at the 1989 Pre-Season Draft. He starred on his debut, against his former club in the opening round of the 1989 VFL season with 35 disposals but only played two seasons.[2]
He has had great success as a coach in the Victorian Football League. From 1998 to 2003, Williams was in charge of the Northern Bullants. In 2004 he became coach of Sandringham and steered them to premierships in his first three seasons, the first VFA/VFL coach to achieve such a feat since Gary Brice in the early 1980s. He joined the AFL in 2008 when appointed as a development coach at Melbourne.