Brad Williamson (born 27 June 1981) is an Australian professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player who is most known for his time spent in the
National Basketball League (NBL) playing for the
Brisbane Bullets
The Brisbane Bullets are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL) based in Brisbane, Queensland. They competed from 1979 to 2008, and returned to the league in 2016. Brisbane were one of ten NBL f ...
and
Townsville Crocodiles
The Townsville Crocodiles were an Australian professional men's basketball team based in the North Queensland city of Townsville. They competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) and played their home games at the Townsville Entertainmen ...
. In 2007, he won an NBL Championship with the Bullets.
Williamson's first senior season came in 1998 playing for the Maroochydore Clippers of the QABL, and continued to play for them until 2003, winning club MVP from 1999 to 2003. With the Clippers, he won the inaugural Southern Cross Division title in 1999, was the
ABA's steals leader with 4.13 per game in 2003, and earned co-MVP and Co-Youth Player of the year honours in 2003. In 2004, he moved to the Brisbane Capitals. Then from 2005 to 2008, he played for the Southern Districts Spartans (now known as the Brisbane Spartans). In
2010, he played for the Caboolture Suns. In
2011, he played for the
Ipswich Force. Then in
2012
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and
2013
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, he played for the
Rockhampton Rockets, and with a potent starting line up of
Stephen Weigh,
Michael Kingma,
Justin Watts
Justin Lee Watts (born July 1, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Chernomorets Burgas of the Bulgarian National Basketball League. He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina, where he w ...
, Mitch Philp and himself, the Rockets won the 2013 QBL Championship. In
2014
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, he returned to Rockhampton where he won his second QBL Championship in two years. He again played for Rockhampton in
2015 and averaged 15.3 points in 17 games. After a season away from the QBL in 2016, Williamson joined the Sunshine Coast Phoenix for the
2017 season.
Guide to the 2017 QBL Men's season
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References
External links
QBL player profileNBL stats2007 SEABL stats2008 SEABL stats
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1981 births
Living people
Australian men's basketball players
Basketball players from Brisbane
Brisbane Bullets players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Townsville Crocodiles players
Sportsmen from Queensland