Mal Williams

Mal Williams
Personal information
Full name	Maldwyn Williams
Date of birth	9 September 1886(1886-09-09)
Place of birth	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	2 May 1917(1917-05-02) (aged 30)
Place of death	The Somme, France[1]
Original team	Trinity College
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1908	University	7 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1909 season .

Mal Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. Abandoning his football career to take up a position as a surgeon at Bendigo Base Hospital, he enlisted during World War I. He was killed while tending to wounded soldiers in 1917.

Footnotes

1. ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Williams, Maldwyn", pp.191-192 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Maldwyn Leslie WilliamsAFL Statistics: Mal Williams

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Mal Williams's statistics from AFL Tables

Persondata
Name	Williams, Mal
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 September 1886
Place of birth	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	2 May 1917
Place of death	The Somme, France