Graham Williams (footballer, born 1936)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham George Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Playing position | Left-winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wrexham | |||
| Oswestry Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1956 | Bradford City | 8 | (2) |
| 1956–1959 | Everton | 31 | (6) |
| 1959–1963 | Swansea Town | 90 | (18) |
| 1963–1965 | Wrexham | 24 | (6) |
| 1965–1966 | Wellington Town | ||
| 1966–1968 | Tranmere Rovers | 74 | (12) |
| 1968–1969 | Port Vale | 23 | (1) |
| 1969–1970 | Runcorn | ||
| 1970–1975 | Oswestry Town | ||
| Total | 250+ | (45+) | |
| National team | |||
| Wales under-23s | |||
| 1961 | Wales | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Graham George Williams (born 31 December 1936) is a Welsh former footballer. A left-sided winger, he scored 47 goals in 249 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League. He also won five senior caps for Wales in 1961.
He began his career with Wrexham and Oswestry Town, before moving to Everton via Bradford City in 1956. After three years on Merseyside he returned to Wales to play for Swansea Town. He returned to hometown club Wrexham in 1963, before joining Wellington Town in 1965. The next year he returned to the Football League with Tranmere Rovers. He helped the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1966–67, before he signed with Port Vale in July 1968. He joined Northern Premier League side Runcorn in May 1969, and later turned out for Oswestry Town.
Williams began his career in Welsh football with Wrexham and Oswestry Town, before making his name with Peter Jackson's Bradford City in the 1955–56 season. His two goals in eight Third Division North games were enough to win him a move from Valley Parade to First Division side Everton.
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