Ron Williams
St Kilda
AFL career
7 games0 goals
- Debut
- R7 1945 v COL2 June 1945
- Most recent
- R16 1945 v CAR4 Aug 1945
Stats
Bio
Recruited from VFA club Prahran, Ron Williams was a diminutive mature-age recruit who joined St Kilda during the chaotic final year of the Second World War. Standing just 174cm and weighing 66kg, the 27-year-old was brought in to bolster a Saints lineup depleted by wartime unavailability. He played as a lightly-built utility in the first seven rounds of the 1945 season—a difficult period where the club managed only a single victory—before losing his place in the side as the player pool began to stabilise. Williams did not feature at VFL level again after that brief stint, standing as a classic example of the "fill-in" talent that kept the league operational during the war years.
Profile
- Full name
- Ron L. Williams
- Born
- 30 June 1917
- Died
- 11 Dec 1987 (aged 70y 164d)
- Height
- 174 cm
- Weight
- 66 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from VFA club Prahran, Ron Williams was a diminutive mature-age recruit who joined St Kilda during the chaotic final year of the Second World War. Standing just 174cm and weighing 66kg, the 27-year-old was brought in to bolster a Saints lineup depleted by wartime unavailability. He played as a lightly-built utility in the first seven rounds of the 1945 season—a difficult period where the club managed only a single victory—before losing his place in the side as the player pool began to stabilise. Williams did not feature at VFL level again after that brief stint, standing as a classic example of the "fill-in" talent that kept the league operational during the war years.