| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Owen Williams | ||
| Date of birth | September 1879 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 July 1916(1916-07-00) (aged 36) | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Position(s) | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Monway | |||
| Oldbury | |||
| 0000–1900 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | ||
| 1900–1902 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | (0) |
| Brierley Hill Alliance | |||
| Kidderminster Harriers | |||
| Wrexham | |||
| Stafford Rangers | |||
| Willenhall Swifts | |||
| Walsall | |||
| International career | |||
| 1907 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Owen Williams (September 1879 – 27 July 1916) was a Welsh semi-professional footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion as a half back. He was capped by Wales at international level.
Personal life
Williams served as a rifleman in the King's Royal Rifle Corps during the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Somme on 27 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Bromwich Albion | 1900–01 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1901–02 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
See also
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 312. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "George Williams". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Season Archive : Player Stats – 1900/01". Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Season Archive : Player Stats – 1901/02". Albion Till We Die – An Independent West Bromwich Albion Website. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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