Dick Williams (footballer)

Richard Williams (15 December 1905 – 27 May 1983) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Reading and Stoke City.[1]

Dick Williams
Personal information
Full name Richard Williams
Date of birth (1905-12-15)15 December 1905
Place of birth Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Date of death 27 May 1983(1983-05-27) (aged 77)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1926 Jarrow
1926–1929 Stoke City 61 (0)
1930–1931 Reading 4 (0)
1931–1932 Chester 0 (0)
1932–1935 Macclesfield 138 (0)
Total 203 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Williams played for Jarrow before being spotted by scouts from Stoke City in 1926.[1] It took him until the 1928–29 season before he could displace Bob Dixon.[1] He played in 36 matches that season and then 24 in 1929–30 but he lost his place to Norman Lewis.[1] He then spent a season at Reading and Chester.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[1] 1926–27 Third Division North 100010
1927–28 Second Division 100010
1928–29 Second Division 35010360
1929–30 Second Division 24000240
Total 61010620
Reading 1930–31 Second Division 400040
Macclesfield Town 1931–32[2] Cheshire League 1500030180
1932–33[3] Cheshire League 4102050480
1933–34[4] Cheshire League 4105080540
1934–35[5] Cheshire League 4103060500
Total 13801002201700
Career Total 20301102202360

Honours

Stoke City

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "Cheshire League - 1931-32". Silkmen Archive.
  3. "Cheshire League - 1932-33". Silkmen Archive.
  4. "Cheshire League - 1933-34". Silkmen Archive.
  5. "Cheshire League - 1934-35". Silkmen Archive.
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