| Jean Williams | |
| Occupation: | Sports historian, Lecturer |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: | British |
| Subject: | Women’s history, Sport and literature, Sportswear, Motor sport |
Jean Williams is a British professor in sport history and author specialising in women's history; sport and literature; sportswear and motorsport Having previously taught English for a decade, Williams was a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Sport History and Culture, De Montfort University.[1] She acted as a historical consultant to the National Football Museum, particularly for elections to the English Football Hall of Fame.[2] Though mainly known for her work on women's football, Williams has produced a range of material on the history of sports and the social contexts of events. She is author of A Game For Rough Girls: A History of Women's Football in England (Routledge 2003) and A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football (Berg 2007) and a research monograph called A Contemporary History of Women’s Sport (Routledge Research, 2011).