Percy Williams (Australia)
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| Full name | Percy Edmond Williams | |||||
| Born | 1910 Marrickville, New South Wales | |||||
| Died | 10 July 1996 Ramsgate, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Lock Forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1931–38 | South Sydney | 80 | 19 | 186 | 0 | 429 |
| 1940–41 | Newtown Jets | 22 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 79 |
| Total | 102 | 20 | 224 | 0 | 508 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1932–37 | New South Wales | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 1937 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Percy Edmund Williams (1910-1996) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1930s.
A Souths junior, Percy Williams became a long serving and valuable member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the 1930s. He played seven seasons with the Rabbitohs between 1931-1938 and also captained the club during the mid 1930s.
Williams was a dual premiership winner with Souths, playing halfback in the 1931 and 1932 Grand Final teams.
Percy Williams represented New South Wales on 8 occasions between 1932-1938 and was selected on the 1937-38 Kangaroo Tour, playing in two tests against England and two tests against New Zealand. He finished his career at Newtown, playing two seasons (1940-1941) and was Captain-Coach in 1941. Later, he coached St George Dragons in 1945 and Sydney Roosters in 1948. [1]
Percy Williams died on 10 July 1996, aged 86. [2]
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