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Australian rules footballer
Billy Williams
Personal information
Full name William Gruby Williams
Date of birth (1888-05-02)2 May 1888
Place of birth Eaglehawk, Victoria
Date of death 4 July 1946(1946-07-04) (aged 58)
Place of death Queensland
Original team(s) Eaglehawk / Mines Rovers
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1907 St Kilda 7 (4)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Gruby Williams (2 May 1888 — 4 July 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The only son of Henry Roberts Williams, MLA (1848-1935), and his first wife, Kate Williams (1854-1891), née Gruby, William Gruby Williams was born at Eaglehawk, Victoria on 2 May 1888.

Death

He died in Queensland on 4 July 1946.

Notes

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.958.
  2. Deaths: Williams, The Age, (Thursday, 14 November 1935), p.1.
  3. Obituary: Mr. H. R. Williams, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 November 1935), p.12.
  4. Marriage: Williams—Gruby, The Age, (Thursday, 13 June 1878), p.2.
  5. Deaths: Williams, The Argus, (Thursday, 29 October 1891), p.1.
  6. Law Notices: William Gruby Williams, The Argus, (Friday, 11 October 1946), p.21.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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