| Marley Williams | |
| Fullname: | Marley Williams |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Albany, Western Australia |
| Originalteam: | Claremont (WAFL) |
| Draftpick: | No. 35, 2012 rookie draft |
| Height: | 181 cm |
| Weight: | 83 kg |
| Position: | Defender |
| Guernsey: | 2 |
| Years1: | 2012–2016 |
| Games Goals1: | 68 (6) |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Games Goals2: | 57 (5) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 125 (11) |
| Statsend: | 2018 |
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Marley Williams (born 22 July 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Collingwood Football Club he was recruited by Collingwood in the 2012 Rookie Draft, with pick #35. Williams made his debut in Round 9, 2012, against at Football Park.[1]
Following the retirement of Ben Johnson in 2013, at the beginning of 2014 Johnson presented Williams with his number 26 guernsey, reenacting Gavin Brown's presentation of the guernsey to Johnson in 2001.[2] At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was traded to North Melbourne. On 5 July Williams extended his contract with North Melbourne until the end of the 2020 season.[3]
Williams was delisted by at the end of the 2020 AFL season after a mass delisting by which saw 11 players cut from the team's list.[4]
In February 2014, Williams was convicted of grievous bodily harm for breaking a man's jaw outside a nightclub in Albany, Western Australia. He was sentenced in April 2014 and was given a suspended sentence.[5]
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[6] |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012|| 46 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 52 || 21 || 73 || 16 || 18 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 8.7 || 3.5 || 12.2 || 2.7 || 3.0|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013|| 46 || 16 || 2 || 4 || 181 || 89 || 270 || 68 || 52 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 11.3 || 5.6 || 16.9 || 4.3 || 3.3|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014|| 26 || 15 || 1 || 3 || 174 || 88 || 262 || 58 || 33 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 11.6 || 5.9 || 17.5 || 3.9 || 2.2|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015|| 26 || 20 || 2 || 2 || 246 || 180 || 426 || 75 || 53 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 12.3 || 9.0 || 21.3 || 3.8 || 2.7
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016|| 26 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 88 || 83 || 171 || 34 || 22 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.0 || 7.5 || 15.5 || 3.1 || 2.0|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 68! 6! 9! 741! 461! 1202! 251! 178! 0.1! 0.1! 10.9! 6.8! 17.7! 3.7! 2.6|}
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