Herb Williams (footballer)

Herbert Edgar Williams (13 July 1885 – 29 October 1924) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Herb Williams
Personal information
Full name Herbert Edgar Williams
Date of birth (1885-07-13)13 July 1885
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 29 October 1924(1924-10-29) (aged 39)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong West
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 Geelong 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He died in a road accident in Geelong on 29 October 1924.[2] A motor car collided with the bicycle he was riding and he sustained a fractured skull.[3]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 954. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "FATALITY AT BELMONT". Geelong Advertiser (24, 151). Victoria, Australia. 30 October 1924. p. 7.
  3. "Cyclist's Skull Fractured". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 30 October 1924. p. 11. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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