Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Williams [1] | ||
Place of birth | Ayrshire, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 31 August 1916 [1] | ||
Place of death | France | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1910–1916 | Airdrieonians | 114 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Williams was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 110 appearances in the Scottish League for Airdrieonians as a right half. [3]
Williams enlisted as a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in February 1916, during the First World War. [2] He was killed on the Western Front on 31 August 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [1]