Geoff Williams | |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1930 |
Death Place: | Geelong |
Originalteam: | Warragul |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Statsend: | 1959 |
Years1: | 1952–1959 |
Club1: | Geelong |
Games Goals1: | 121 (1) |
Careerhighlights: |
Geoffrey Howard Williams (18 November 1930 – 20 July 2020) was an Australian rules footballer for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A half-back flanker, he played in Geelong's 1952 premiership team and won the club's best and fairest award in 1952 and 1955.
He and his wife Joan had four children.[1] He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day honours for services "to Australian rules football, and to the community of Geelong".[2] [3]