John Williams (rugby union, born 1940)
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Birth name | John Lewis Williams | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 May 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||
School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Dianne Williams | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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John Lewis Williams[1] (born 1940) is a former Australian rugby union player who represented for the Wallabies three times.[2]
Early life
Williams was born on 28 May 1940[1] in Sydney and attended Newington College (1953–1958).[3] Post-school he became a member of the Drummoyne District Rugby Football Club backline as a winger. He played in the only Drummoyne Grand Final team in 1961 and then switched to Randwick.
Representative career
He played his test matches against South Africa in 1963 and "scored one of the most famous tries in international rugby" when he clinched the Australian victory 11–9 in Johannesburg.[2] Williams claimed a total of three international rugby caps for Australia.
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